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Marco’s Pizza Invests Over $1 Million in New Orlando Operations Center
17/06/2026Marco's Pizza is doubling down on its franchise infrastructure. On June 16, 2026, the pizza franchise brand announced a more than $1 million investment in a new Operations Center of Excellence in downtown Orlando — a 14,030-square-foot facility designed to…
GarageExperts Launches First Corporate-Owned Territories in Dallas-Fort Worth
17/06/2026For the first time in its history, GarageExperts is operating territories under its own name. The national garage improvement franchise brand announced on June 16, 2026 the launch of corporate-owned locations in its Dallas-Fort Worth home market, alongside a simultaneous…
How Tide Services Is Using Franchising to Conquer a $15 Billion Laundry Market
16/06/2026Tide Services, the franchise brand behind Procter & Gamble's Tide brand, is accelerating a two-pronged expansion strategy designed to consolidate the fragmented US laundry market. With more than 200 locations across its Tide Cleaners and Tide Laundromat brands, the company…
Build-A-Bear Workshop Names New CEO and Declares Quarterly Dividend
16/06/2026Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW), the experiential retail franchise brand with more than 650 locations across over 30 countries, completed a planned CEO transition on June 11, 2026. Chris Hurt, a company veteran of more than 11 years, assumes the top…
Pepper Palace Awards Its First Franchise Agreements After 35 Years
16/06/2026After more than three decades as a company-owned specialty retailer, Pepper Palace has awarded its first franchise agreements. The hot sauce and spice franchise brand, which operates more than 70 locations across North America, opened its franchise program to single…
Camp Bow Wow Reduces Franchise Investment Range to Fuel Network Growth
16/06/2026Pet care franchise brand Camp Bow Wow has lowered its entry cost by close to $400,000 at the low end of its investment range, as parent company Propelled Brands redesigns its prototype around a leaner, 6,000-square-foot footprint. The franchise concept,…
Huey Magoo’s Opens 90th Restaurant Nationwide in Hialeah, Florida
15/06/2026Huey Magoo's, the fast-casual chicken tender franchise brand, has opened its 90th restaurant nationwide in Hialeah, Florida. The new location is the chain's third in Miami-Dade County and the fifth opened by a franchisee group that has committed to nine…
Pepper Lunch Secures Four Texas Locations in Austin and Houston Suburbs
15/06/2026Pepper Lunch, the Japanese fast-casual franchise brand with more than 570 locations across 17 countries, has locked in four franchise sites in Texas less than a year after signing a 20-unit development agreement. Franchisee group Sizzling Hospitality is targeting Austin…
Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream Signs Its First Multi-Unit Agreement in Chicago
11/06/2026Handel's Homemade Ice Cream, the 81-year-old Ohio-based franchise company with an average unit volume of $1,115,650 per its most recent Franchise Disclosure Document, has signed its first multi-unit development agreement in Illinois, committing three suburban Chicago locations to a franchisee…
Joe & The Juice Moves Into Fort Lauderdale With New Permit Filing
11/06/2026Joe & The Juice, the Copenhagen-founded fresh juice and coffee chain with more than 500 locations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, has filed permit applications with the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation for…
