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By: Eddy Goldberg | 259 Reads | |
So far, so good this summer in the U.S. with Covid being held at bay. Let’s hope this continues, and count our blessings while they last. Here’s our roundup of franchise news, delivered your way every first Tuesday of the month. (Yes, we’ve changed the schedule, as well as the design!) And if you’re not doing it already, send us your news here and see it next month in this very same newsletter!
POST-COVID REOPENING & RECOVERY
Pandemic Hangover: Consumers Are Wary as They Resume Purchasing
Cooling Consumer Spending Points to Further Economic Slowdown
High Cost of Airfare More Likely than Gas Prices To Hurt Travel Recovery
High Gas Prices Are Weakening Customer Traffic at C-stores
Massachusetts Station Owner Quits Selling Gas Over Pump Prices
Companies Find Leaving Russia Difficult, Though Many Are Trying
Western Brands Are Up for Grabs in Sanctioned Russia
Hangry Planet, U.S.’s First 100% Plant-Based Convenience Store, Opens in California
Impacts of the Dobbs Decision on Employer Benefit Plans (Littler)
McDonald’s Tightens Ownership Rules as It Looks for New Franchisees
HIRING & EMPLOYMENT
5 Strategies for Leaders To Increase Employee Engagement
To Keep Workers Long Term, Employers Swear by the 90-Day Rule
Just Salad Is Offering Employees On-Demand Pay
Some Food Companies Say Hiring Challenges Are Starting To Ease
FINANCE & M&A
Main Line Brands Acquires Fitness Machine Technicians
LEADERSHIP
KFC names Tarun Lal President of U.S. Business
Scooter’s Coffee Names Joe Thornton President
Whataburger Hands Out $2 Million in Scholarships Across 14 States
MARKETING/CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
New Research Sheds Light on the Shopping Habits of Gen Z
Burger King To Debut 2 New Plant-Based Impossible Offerings on June 27
Being a Virtual Restaurant Regular Customer Has Its Perks
Sweetgreen Tests a New Loyalty Program Named Rewards and Challenges
House Data Privacy Bill Raises Concerns for Restaurants
BurgerFi and Anthony’s Coal-Fired Pizza & Wings Launch a Co-Branded Visa Card
TECHNOLOGY
New Study Finds Digital Is the Starting Point for More than 85% of Customers
The Most Successful Restaurants in 2021 Grew Their Omnichannel Technology, Not Their Units