Louisiana Feature Articles

Louisiana Feature Articles

Looking for a franchise opportunity in Louisiana? Whether you're a first-time business owner or a seasoned entrepreneur, Louisiana offers exciting potential for franchise success. From food and beverage to retail and services, the diverse economic landscape in Louisiana is ripe for franchise opportunities. Explore the best franchise options today and take the next step toward business ownership in Louisiana.

Informative articles to support business buyers, franchisees, and franchisors in Louisiana.

8 franchisees discuss the kind of support they expect -- and want -- from their franchisors.
  • Sara Wykes
  • 12,418 Reads 81 Shares
Our annual Multi-Brand 50 list ranks the top U.S. franchisees with more than one brand by number of units, along with their 25 most popular brands.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,720 Reads 15 Shares
Alex King may be only 29, but the Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers multi-unit operator has been a part of the throwback brand since he was a teenager.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 8,932 Reads 62 Shares
How 7 franchisees are using their loyalty programs to attract and retain customers.
  • Sara Wykes
  • 7,024 Reads 39 Shares
Multi-brand franchising is a growing phenomenon. Some franchisees are not content with operating one brand so they add one, two, three, or more other brands to their portfolios.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 10,306 Reads 32 Shares
So many things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to "Good News!" - our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,984 Reads 2 Shares
If you haven't already removed your anti-poaching provisions, act fast!
  • Jess Dance
  • 8,163 Reads 40 Shares
Multi-unit El Pollo Loco franchisee opens the brand's first location in Santa Rosa, California.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 9,229 Reads 12 Shares
Kamal Singh worked as a cashier at McDonald's, delivered sub sandwiches, opened his own Lenny's Subs shop, began adding other franchise brands.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 11,235 Reads 24 Shares
Jake Alleman considers himself lucky for the success that has come his way.
  • Helen Bond
  • 10,283 Reads 7 Shares
Many young entrepreneurs are discovering that franchising can jump-start them on the road to business success.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 29,856 Reads 11 Shares
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To succeed and grow, multi-unit franchisees must learn to overcome competition, rising costs, changing consumer tastes, the unpredictability of social media, and legislative and regulatory threats--at the same time they're busy hiring and training employees, updating menus, remodeling stores, and dealing with insurance, taxes, and suppliers.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 12,701 Reads 3 Shares
Each year we work with FRANdata to compile a list of the country's largest multi-unit franchisee organizations. Based on total unit count, the rankings show not only the number of units these "mega" franchisees operate, but also their brands.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 24,165 Reads 138 Shares
To say Tom Garrett has been a busy man since we last profiled him in 2015 would be a gross understatement. When we first met up with Garrett, his Atlanta-based GPS Hospitality company was operating 196 Burger King locations.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 20,538 Reads 1,197 Shares
Master Franchisee Opens 5th Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries in Alabama This Week.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 14,427 Reads 11 Shares
Multi-brand franchising is a growing phenomenon. Some franchisees are not content with operating one brand so they add one, two, three, or more other brands to their portfolios.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 15,966 Reads 43 Shares
Multi-unit franchise growth brings many challenges. One of them is transitioning from manager to leader. Find out how to do it at a session at the Multi-Unit Franchising Conference in April.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 13,125 Reads 107 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) Chicken Salad Chick offers 10 days of giveaways to celebrate its 10th anniversary; 2) Red Robin's $99 deal for 12 months of burgers sells out in one day; 3) Jason's Deli response to a data breach is a lesson in crisis management; and 4) Jack in the Box teams up with Snoop Dogg on a "Merry Munchie Meal" LTO ($4.20, of course) as recreational marijuana goes legal in California.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 16,751 Reads 3 Shares
From his childhood growing up in Houston, Pakistani-born Amin Dhanani watched his father, the late Hassan Ali Dhanani, and family members build The Dhanani Group, a billion-dollar, mega-successful franchisee for Burger King and its own massive convenience store business.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 74,004 Reads 52 Shares
So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it’s hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to “Good News!” – our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 23,825 Reads 3 Shares
Multi-unit, multi-brand operators continue expanding each year--a trend that continues to accelerate as these "Dominators" grow their portfolios through acquisitions, building new units, refranchising, and scooping up successful units from retiring franchisees.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,356 Reads 1 Shares
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This issue’s six profiles of multi-unit franchisees include immigrants from three different countries (India, Pakistan, and Armenia), all living the American Dream in their own way.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 11,141 Reads 12 Shares
So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to "Good News!" - our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,561 Reads 1 Shares
Multi-Unit Chicken Salad Chick Franchisee Adding Another Location To His Portfolio In Louisiana With Store Opening This Week.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,797 Reads 63 Shares
So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to "Good News!" - our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,909 Reads 2 Shares
Multi-Unit Operator Takes Over Atlanta La Madeleine Locations as Part of Brand’s Refranchising Program and Plans to Open 15 More Units In Atlanta and North Carolina.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,601 Reads 52 Shares
Franchising pitches in to help rebuild coastal Texas
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,116 Reads 20 Shares
HZ LM Casual Foods has purchased 26 La Madeleine locations in Houston, Austin, and Louisiana, while securing development rights for an additional 57 locations.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,006 Reads 158 Shares
Chelsea Segura signed her first franchise agreement with The Little Gym two months before she graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in kinesiology.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 16,859 Reads 255 Shares
So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to "Good News!" - our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,053 Reads 2 Shares

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