Pie Five plants flag in Baltimore area

October 9, 2014

Pie Five Pizza will host a grand opening Friday for its first location in the Baltimore area. The new restaurant is the brand's second in Maryland and 25th…

Villa Italian Kitchen acquires 34 mall locations

October 9, 2014

Villa Enterprises announced it has opened 34 Villa Italian Kitchen restaurants in regional malls throughout the US. The units were acquired in April from…

SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza debuts in Omaha market

October 9, 2014

SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza's newest franchisee, longtime international operator Dee Jay's, is opening its first SPIN! Pizza location today in the Omaha, Nebraska…

Villa Italian Kitchen debuts in Mexico City

October 9, 2014

Villa Enterprises has opened its newest Villa Italian Kitchen in Mexico City at Centro Las Americas, in Ecatepec. This opening marks the brand’s 12th location…

International franchising group names COO

October 8, 2014

Michelle McClurg will oversee the company's day-to-day operations of Edwards Global Service's executives and associates in 32 countries.

DIY Restaurant Group launches franchising

October 7, 2014

DIY Restaurant Group, a hospitality franchise company with several limited-service restaurant concepts, announced the launch of a new franchising program to…

Pie Five franchisee launches weekly food pantry fundraisers

October 7, 2014

On Oct. 10, Wichita, Kansas, will welcome its second Pie Five restaurant at 2755 Maize Rd, Suite 109, in New Market Square. It's the fourth location in Kansas…

Mellow Mushroom opens new Georgia location

October 7, 2014

Mellow Mushroom's newest restaurant has opened in Valdosta, Georgia, at 1526 Baytree Road, under the ownership of Bo Chambliss and Bill Stembler.

Barfresh expands smoothie operations to 24 Shakey's restaurants

October 6, 2014

Barfresh Food Group Inc. has signed a two-year supply agreement with Shakey's USA to provide Barfresh's line of Smoo smoothies in 24 of Shakey's restaurants in…

Restaurants add 20,000+ jobs in September

October 6, 2014

The total number of new industry positions over the past year now stands at 289,600.

North American Securities Administrators Association issues new guidance for franchise disclosure documents

October 3, 2014

The guidelines clarify the distinctions between single-unit, area rep and area development offerings and urge uniform terminology in franchise disclosure…

Zpizza expands SoCal presence

October 2, 2014

zpizza will open its newest Southern California location at 2664 Griffith Park Blvd. in Silver Lake on Oct. 6. To celebrate the grand opening, the location is…

Blaze Pizza plans to take on The Big Easy

October 2, 2014

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza announced it will open its first New Orleans location in January in The Paramount at South Market District, 611 O'Keefe Avenue.

Pizza Studio names former Panera exec as COO

October 1, 2014

Franchisee acquires two California Papa John’s locations

September 30, 2014

Dixie Foods International Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire two existing Papa John's franchise locations in the Fresno, California, area. The two…

Blaze fires up 19th SoCal location

September 30, 2014

Blaze Pizza plans Raleigh-Durham debut in December

September 29, 2014

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza announced it will soon open first North Carolina location, near Raleigh-Durham, in December. According to a news release, the…

Mellow Mushroom opens North Myrtle Beach location

September 26, 2014

Pie Five’s weekly sales up 25% year-over-year

September 25, 2014

Pizza Inn Holdings reported its Q4 and FY financial results earlier this week. On the quarter, the company’s Pizza Inn concept experienced a 1.5-percent…

Blaze Pizza plans two pizza giveaways to mark openings

September 25, 2014

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza will open its second Wisconsin location, in Bayshore Town Center, on Oct. 2. To celebrate, the location will offer free pizzas on Oct.