Laura Michaels

Ever wonder how consumers feel about your franchise? Franchise Times editorial staffers check out three brands in a different genre each month, and report back in FT Undercover.

Updated As the playlist rockets from the Spice Girls to Bruno Mars, with shots of Queen, Taylor Swift and Drake mixed in, a dozen

Flo Rida might be known for rapping about Apple Bottom jeans in his 2007 breakout hit “Low,” but it's banana, pineapple and coconut that make his go-to Blue Mood Rush smoothie from Beyond Juicery + Eatery sing.

In her monthly "Grab Bag" column, Editor in Chief Laura Michaels asks the tough questions—What superhero power would you most like to have? What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?—to show a side of franchising execs you don't normally see.

Krispy Kreme isn’t actively signing new franchisees in the United States, but its expansion overseas is decidedly franchise forward.

When Planet Fitness announced last month that it signed three new area development agreements with Ian McClure of Gulf Coast Hotel Management, it marked the first time in more than a decade that the franchisor opened ADAs to new franchisees who didn't join the system by way of acquisition.

Tony Scrimale just “survived” his first workout at the Yoga Joint, and the experience made him even more confident in the decision to develop more than two dozen locations of the boutique fitness concept.

In her monthly "Grab Bag" column, Editor in Chief Laura Michaels asks the tough questions—What superhero power would you most like to have? What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?—to

At a time when the restaurant economy is grappling with persistent inflation and softening traffic, well-capitalized operators are in a better position to face challenges—and pursue opportunities.

With its purchase of 33 restaurants from Salad Collective, the restaurant company owned by the brewery-famous Coors family, fast-casual chain Crisp & Green will gain locations in key markets as