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title: "Good News! – May 2019"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/88fac7d7-5aff-4f14-ad30-f4b84bf58def
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__may_2019.html
author: "Eddy Goldberg"
category: "General"
published: 2019-05-20T07:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:35:05.876Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/4554_plate.jpg
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# Good News! – May 2019

**TL;DR:** A monthly digest of selected news items on unit growth, investment, and financial developments, international expansion, people, and milestones.

*By Eddy Goldberg, originally published in Franchising.com on 2019-05-20. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__may_2019.html).*

## Story

It's hard keeping up with all of today's changes in franchising. That's why we provide this monthly digest of selected news items on unit growth, investment and financial developments, international expansion, people, and milestones. 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! Leadership "The Undermanagement Epidemic Report 2019" (Free Download) Lead Generation: 22 Case Studies To Learn From (Video) Focus Brands Adds Global CMO to Leadership Team 5 Tips On Using Your Culture as a Competitive Advantage New Units/Growth/Expansion Dunkin' To Open 50 New Units Under New Development Agreements Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh To Open 25 New Units in the Midwest My Place Hotels Opens 4 New Locations, 50th on Tap Tropical Smoothie To Open 130 Units in 2019; 110 Opened in 2018 Financial, M&A, Private Equity Kona Grill's Ex-CEO Bids $27.4 Million To Buy Struggling Brand Jack in the Box Off the Market, Plans Refinance and Share Buyback D.

P. Dough Acquired by Competitor Founded by Former Employee Papa John's Gets $250 Million from Starboard; Shaq as Board Member John Schnatter Sells $6 Million (1.1%) of His Papa John's Shares Big Plans, Big Ideas, Big Picture RBI Announces Plans To Grow to 40,000 Restaurants in 8-10 Years Teriyaki Madness CEO Predicts 500 Units in 5-7 Years (Interview) Wingstop Follows Up Strong Year with Additional Spending on Growth Church's Chicken: 3-Year Strategic Plan Now Focuses on Repositioning Regulation, Legislation, Labor AlixPartners Surveys 1,000+ Consumers About the Restaurant Industry Joint Employer: In California, Burden of Proof Shifting to Franchisors?

New and Emerging Brands Fat Shack Lands $250,000 Investment and Help from Mark Cuban Huey Magoo's Chicken Tenders To Grow from 7 to 13 Units in 2019 iCRYO Cryotherapy Opens in Florida with First Responders Program Technology Wendy's Looks to Tech and Digital Investments To Boost Market Share Five Guys Rolls Out Zenput Platform at Corporate Stores; Zees Are Next People, Awards, Milestones A&W Prepares To Celebrate 100th Anniversary in 2019 Dawn Sweeney To Retire as CEO of the NRA at Year-End Panera Bread Names Niren Chaudhary CEO, Former Krispy Kreme President Wendy's Names Kurt Kane U.S.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Eddy Goldberg (person)

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Originally reported by Eddy Goldberg, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__may_2019.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/88fac7d7-5aff-4f14-ad30-f4b84bf58def).