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The top 5 reasons to franchise your business
	If you are an entrepreneur and you have one, two or even three operations, why should you be thinking about franchising? There are many reasons, but here are the top 5: I have a brand that I want to expand but lack the capital to do it by myself …
A broader look at pizza’s busy year
	Compiling subjective end-of-year lists is never easy, especially in a heavy news industry like foodservice. PizzaMarketplace tried its best with the top 2011 stories published earlier this week. What stood out to us in 2011 was the unstoppable value …
What’s the hottest segment of the restaurant industry? Fast casual. [Infographic]
	As leading brands prepare to meet in Chicago for the sixth annual Fast Casual Executive Summit, we thought we'd prepare this infographic that shows how hot the fast casual restaurant segment is. Just a few short years ago, only a handful of …
How do emerging chains handle real estate selection?
	If you have ever grown a young franchise concept from approximately 20 locations to over 100, you would probably agree that this initial growth is much more difficult than say growing from 100 to 200 locations or from 500 to 750 locations, and one …
Are we missing something?
	Recently Market Force ran a series of studies with over 4,00 consumers to investigate their attitudes and behaviors around fast casual and family restaurants, and a separate study on the consumption of chicken. The findings from both were …
How do emerging chains allocate human capital for growth?
	If you have ever grown a young franchise concept from approximately 20 locations to over 100 locations, you would probably agree that this initial growth is much more difficult than say growing from 100 to 200 locations or from 500 to 750 locations …
Pizza Ranch adds heat to its menu with two new savory items
Pizza Ranch has added a new Brushfire Pizza and Santa Fe Salad to its buffet menu. The limited-time menu items feature: Brushfire Pizza: Made with large slices of smoked, peppery sausage, topped with Cajun seasoning and a splash of Tabasco sauce …
CiCi's Pizza outlines numerous 2012 initiatives
Texas-based CiCi's Pizza has announced its 2012 growth plans to support its continuing 10-year "Build the Brand" initiative to add 500 new restaurants by 2020. Progress in 2011 included 22 new restaurant openings representing a nearly 25 percent …
Pie Five Pizza Co. opens fifth unit
Pie Five Pizza Co. is celebrating the grand opening of its fifth location on North Dallas Parkway near Beltline and the North Dallas Tollway in Texas. To celebrate the opening, five guests will win free pies for a year. "We have redefined fast …
Naked Pizza's frozen line expands
	New Orleans-based Naked Pizza jumped into the frozen pizza market in October and has teamed up with Sunflower Farmers Market to sell the new line. The concept of Frozen Naked Pizza was created by Denver entrepreneur Gay Burke. Burke, who has …