Improved conditions for financing, driven largely by lower interest rates, are fueling acquisitions of franchisees.

If you want to work in restaurants, look at the business through Sonu Chandi's eyes. His life has been shaped by this business, but he also knows it's a game of cold numbers. In 2000, at the age of 16 ...

Atlanta-based convenience store operator RaceTrac has agreed to acquire fast-casual sandwich chain Potbelly Sandwich Works in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $566 million. The deal is ...

For more than 30 years, John Weiss has provided research on publicly owned restaurant companies to major investors. During ...