Mississippi Feature Articles

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

Mission, Promise, Family, Fun

Donatos’ CEO Tom Krouse leads the family-owned brand into the future

Kerry Pipes
4,890 Reads 57 Shares

One Person's Ceiling Is Another One's Floor: The Current State of Franchise Sales

Franchise Update Media teams up with FranConnect for an exclusive weekly analysis of their Franchise Sales Index

Keith Gerson
4,894 Reads 105 Shares

Multi-Brand Partners Add Another Chicken Salad Chick Location

Chicken Salad Chick Multi-Unit Operators Open Newest Location In Mississippi.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
2,632 Reads 40 Shares

Captain D's Largest Franchisee Adds 39th Restaurant To Expanding Portfolio

Largest Captain D's Operator Adds 39th Location With New Shreveport Restaurant.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,382 Reads 6 Shares

Zaxby's Partners Open Sixth Restaurant With Plans For More

Multi-Unit Partners Growing With Opening Of Newest Zaxby's Location In Tennessee.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
8,635 Reads 5 Shares

Zaxby's Multi-Unit Operators Sign Deal To Open 3 Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux Locations

Multi-Unit Partners Ink Deal To Open 3 Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux Restaurants in Mississippi

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,986 Reads 442 Shares

GPS Hospitality Growing In Spite of Covid-19 Crisis

Multi-Brand Operator To Hire 1,500 New Employees At Locations Across 13 States.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,614 Reads 41 Shares

Multi-Unit Partners Open New Maaco Location in Mississippi

Meineke Multi-Unit Operator Teams Up With Partner To Open A New Maaco Location.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
3,544 Reads 6 Shares

Atlanta-Based Private Equity Firm Adding More Massage Envy Locations To Portfolio

Private Equity Firm With Diverse Holdings Snaps Up Another 18 Massage Envy Locations.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
7,487 Reads 77 Shares

2019 Dominators

Who's dominating in their markets and regions? See our annual Dominators issue to find out!

Multi-Unit Franchisee
5,432 Reads 21 Shares

Built To Scale: How 5 Top Operators Do It

5 top multi-unit operators dish on how they've scaled their organizations.

Helen Bond
9,543 Reads 128 Shares

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Best States To Start A Business

Check Out This New Study That Reveals The Best And Worst States For Entrepreneurs To Start And Grow A Successful Business.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
7,024 Reads 29 Shares

Missouri-Based Multi-Brand Operator Snaps Up 13 More Panera Bread Locations

Multi-Brand Operator Acquires 13 Additional Panera Bread Locations.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
6,445 Reads 377 Shares

Success Within Site: Expert Tips on Finding the Best Location

Trouble finding the best location? Advice and experience from these experts is bound to help.

Sara Wykes
5,707 Reads 71 Shares

The Song Remains the Same: Mystery Shop Finds Brands Still Struggling with Consistent Recruiting Efforts

Annual Mystery Shopping results revealed at 2018 Franchise Leadership & Development Conference

Helen Bond
4,134 Reads 12 Shares

Florida Multi-Brand Operator Adds Captain D's to His Mix

Multi-Brand Operator Adds Captain D's to His Portfolio with new Orlando Location.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,621 Reads 33 Shares

2018 Dominators

Multi-unit, multi-brand operators continue to grow--and they're getting bigger every 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
6,784 Reads 7 Shares

How To Improve Prospect Contact Rates: Get in the (Time) Zone!

Improve your prospect contact rate by working with time zone differences

Michael Alston
6,125 Reads 14 Shares

Fazoli's Multi-Unit Operator Opens Another Location In Arkansas

Fazoli's Multi-Unit Franchisee Bringing the Brand's Second Location to the state of Arkansas.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
6,319 Reads 13 Shares

Alabama Multi-Unit Operator to Double in Size

Dunkin' Donuts Multi-Unit Franchisee Signs New Deal to Develop 7 More Locations in the Montgomery, Alabama Area.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
10,312 Reads 1 Shares

Doubling Up, Doubling Down: Tom Garrett Returns to Franchising with a Bang

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
18,720 Reads 1,196 Shares

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Houston-Based Operator Adding More Captain D's

Houston-Based Multi-Brand Operator Kicks Off The Year By Opening The First of Four New Captain D's Locations in The City.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
19,133 Reads 3 Shares

2017 Dominators

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
3,296 Reads

GPS Hospitality Adds Popeyes And Nears 400 Units

GPS Hospitality To Acquire 11 More Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Restaurants in Georgia. The Burger King and Popeyes Franchisee Is Nearing 400 Locations.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
5,799 Reads 463 Shares

Good News! - March 2017

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
2,233 Reads 1,023 Shares

Trio Tackling Dunkin' Expansion in Louisiana

Dunkin' Donuts Power Team To Open 69 New Restaurants In Louisiana. Longtime multi-unit franchisee Vik Patel, Super Bowl Quarterback Drew Brees, and former New York Giants offensive lineman David Diehl Bringing Rush of Donuts To The Bayou State.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
25,028 Reads 1 Shares

GPS Hospitality Doubles in Size, Adding 194 Burger Kings

Multi-unit, multi-brand franchisee Tom Garrett makes major move taking on another 194 Burger King locations. His GPS Hospitality company now oversees 431 Burger King and Popeyes franchises in 14 states.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
27,367 Reads 2 Shares

2016 Dominators

Multi-unit, multi-brand operators continue growing larger each year--a trend that continues to accelerate as these Dominators expand their portfolios through acquisitions, new units, refranchising offers, and scooping up successful units from retirees

Multi-Unit Franchisee
2,898 Reads 1,023 Shares

A Culture of Giving: The Saxton Group is Committed to its Communities

When an EF4 tornado ripped through the northeastern Dallas suburb of Rowlett the day after Christmas last year, the people at a McAlister's Deli a mile away knew just what to do.