---
title: "This Week in Franchise News: 4/30/2021"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/6ed77919-8a62-4677-9228-ce1387c89d6f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/this-week-in-franchise-news-4302021-2715619
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
published: 2021-04-30T16:11:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:25:56.724Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/ee26e6b3396e85871abcdd7bdc486f4f3729.jpg
---

# This Week in Franchise News: 4/30/2021

**TL;DR:** This Week in Franchise News covers various franchise-related news, including the SBA's restaurant grant applications and McDonald's broken ice cream machines.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-04-30. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/this-week-in-franchise-news-4302021-2715619).*

## Story

*Restaurant owners gear up for a busy summer of outdoor dining with new CDC recommendations for vaccinated people.*

*The rise and fall of Kytch, a device invented to ease the burden of owning a Taylor ice cream machine and save McDonald’s franchisees thousands in maintenance costs.*

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- franchise (topic)
- news (topic)
- grants (topic)

---
Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/this-week-in-franchise-news-4302021-2715619). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/6ed77919-8a62-4677-9228-ce1387c89d6f).