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title: "Good, Bad, and Other News! - August 2022"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5d4c5c78-0759-4506-98cb-ffa5eebb7a94
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_bad_and_other_news__august_2022.html
author: "Eddy Goldberg"
category: "General"
published: 2022-08-02T09:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T20:35:26.263Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/6953_plate.jpg
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# Good, Bad, and Other News! - August 2022

**TL;DR:** The US summer of 2022 faces challenges like COVID-19, monkeypox, and baby formula shortages, but franchise businesses continue to operate. Wyndham plans to boost black hotel ownership and Yum's Habit Burger targets 2,000 units worldwide.

*By Eddy Goldberg, originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-08-02. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_bad_and_other_news__august_2022.html).*

## Story

The U.S. summer of ‘22 began peacefully enough, with 2½ years of Covid receding in the rearview mirror.

Yet midway through, as many had predicted, a new variation appeared – more contagious, but apparently less deadly. Then came monkeypox (seriously??) Baby formula shortages.

Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Congressional hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection (or whatever you want to call it).

What’s next? Is this the future we’ll all have to get used to? Yet, life goes on, and so does business-as-UN-usual.

Here’s our mini-roundup of franchise news, delivered your way every first Tuesday of the month. If you’re not doing it already, send us your news here and see it next month in this newsletter! POST-COVID REOPENING & RECOVERY Report: Top 25 Franchises for Black Entrepreneurs Wyndham Plans To Boost Black Hotel Ownership 7-Eleven Cuts Nearly 900 Corporate Jobs How Americans Are Dining Out Now (Infographic) Yum’s 320-Unit Habit Burger Targets 2,000 Units Worldwide Mid-2022 Lessons on Retail, Dining, and Fitness Foot Traffic (Placer.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- General (sector)
- Eddy Goldberg (person)
- Yum Brands (company)
- 7-Eleven (company)
- diversity and inclusion (topic)
- Russia (location)
- Ukraine (location)
- Habit Burger (company)
- dining trends (topic)
- job cuts (topic)

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Originally reported by Eddy Goldberg, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_bad_and_other_news__august_2022.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5d4c5c78-0759-4506-98cb-ffa5eebb7a94).