Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 5:06AM 
Restaraunt franchise involved in kids ticket giveawayFrom NorthernLife: For the fourth year, the Sudbury Wolves, in partnership with restaurant franchise Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, have teamed up to make kids “feel better.”
The Feel Better campaign has seen more than 3,500 free Sudbury Wolves tickets given to children who received care at the Sudbury Regional Hospital (HRSRH).
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 8:27AM 
Tropical Smoothie Café today unveiled significant changes to its menu.
The revamped menu includes a variety of new food and beverage items, reformulated recipes, the addition of Grilled Flatbreads as a permanent offering and a whole new tropical look.
The new menu debuts this month in all 280 Tropical Smoothie Cafés throughout the United States and culminates an 18-month long development process that involved input from focus groups, restaurant vendors and Tropical Smoothie Café area developers and franchisees.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 6:57AM 
From Chain Leader: The Taco Maker Taco franchise announced today the immediate roll out of its new burrito creation, 'The Maker', to all TTM Florida locations.
Friday, January 23, 2009 at 11:03AM 
Courtesy of Evan WohrmanFrom Restaurant News: Since the start of the new year, several restaurant franchises have begun to change their marketing strategies, with new campaigns or new advertising agencies, to counteract what has been plaguing the industry for more than a year — the lapsed consumer.
Renewed attention toward one of the most customer-facing aspects of the business, marketing and advertising, has been seen from heavyweights Chipotle, Boston Market, Denny’s, KFC, Pizza Hut and others.
They are all battling what operators have called the largest challenge of 2009, which is capturing enough customer traffic to improve profit margins and generate cash to spur expansion.
Monday, September 29, 2008 at 10:02AM The differing fortunes of a drive-thru restaurant's franchised outlets and company-owned locations is further vindication of the franchise business model.
Sonic Corp has reported that sales had increased at franchised restaurants in the fourth quarter ended 31 August, whereas corporate or joint-venture locations recorded “significantly negative” results.
It's small wonder that the company plans to convert more of its outlets to franchises.