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title: "This Week in Franchise News: 4/16/2021"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/22d90132-5385-47d9-8cbf-220b0a9b6fe2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/this-week-in-franchise-news-4162021-2715503
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2021-04-16T16:11:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:26:05.094Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7f8bc0996122bad3a302d1e9cebc0b284365.jpg
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# This Week in Franchise News: 4/16/2021

**TL;DR:** The American Rescue Plan provides relief to the restaurant industry through grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration. A report from U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto alleges deceptive practices within the franchise industry.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-04-16. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/this-week-in-franchise-news-4162021-2715503).*

## Story

*A new report from U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada alleges deceptive practices within the franchise industry that can leave owners and taxpayers facing huge losses.*

*Fast food franchise O’Tacos is outpacing McDonald’s in France and poised for global growth.*

*A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows encouraging signs that the retail and restaurant industries are strongly and quickly recovering from 2020.*

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- global expansion (topic)
- franchise industry (topic)
- Small Business Administration (regulator)
- U.S. Census (regulator)
- restaurant recovery (topic)
- us rescue plan (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/this-week-in-franchise-news-4162021-2715503). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/22d90132-5385-47d9-8cbf-220b0a9b6fe2).