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title: "Good News! – July 2017"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/4e956a3f-c01c-4d0a-bdb7-bcf9bbfd9513
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__july_2017.html
author: "Eddy Goldberg"
category: "Franchisors"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
segment: "Franchisors"
published: 2017-07-16T08:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:11:39.813Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/3528_plate.jpg
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# Good News! – July 2017

**TL;DR:** Franchising is experiencing a growth phase in unit count, system-wide revenue, and new brands. Several brands have announced unit growth, investments, and expansions, including Flynn Restaurant Group, HuHot Mongolian Grills, and Captain D's.

*By Eddy Goldberg, originally published in Franchising.com on 2017-07-16. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__july_2017.html).*

## Story

The good news: Despite ongoing external threats to the business model, franchising is experiencing a remarkable growth phase – not only in unit count and system-wide revenue, but also in the number of new and emerging brands. The bad news: It’s harder to keep up with all the good news! That’s a nice problem to have – and why we’ve brought back our “Good News!”

roundup of selected news items on unit growth, investment and financial developments, international expansion news, refranchising, and milestones attained by franchisors large, medium, and emerging. Here’s your chance to follow the leaders, every third Tuesday of the month. So if you’re not doing it already, send us your good news here.

New Units/Growth/Expansion Flynn Restaurant Group Buys 34 Paneras, Reaches 881 Units HuHot Mongolian Grills To Add 9 Locations, 700 Jobs in 2017 Mamoun’s Falafel Signs 6-Unit Deal for Atlanta & Athens, Georgia Financial/M&A Panera Shareholders Approve $7.5 Billion Sale to JAB Holding Axum Capital Partners Acquires 55-Unit Back Yard Burgers NRD Capital Management Closes on $104 Million Second Fund Big Plans, Big Dreams Great Harvest Bread’s Hub-and-Spoke Model Spurs New Expansion Captain D’s Picks American Development Partners To Speed Growth International Blaze Pizza Inks 100-Unit, 11-Year Middle East Deal with M.H.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- international expansion (topic)
- Eddy Goldberg (person)
- Captain D's (company)
- Blaze Pizza (company)
- investment (topic)
- NRD Capital (investor)
- financial developments (topic)
- JAB Holding (investor)

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Originally reported by Eddy Goldberg, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__july_2017.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/4e956a3f-c01c-4d0a-bdb7-bcf9bbfd9513).