This Week in Franchise News: 4/9/2021

Restaurants add 280,000 new jobs as the industry braces for a post-pandemic world, while fast food franchisors face a ‘nightmare’ worker shortage.

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This Week in Franchise News: 4/9/2021

TL;DR

Restaurants add 280,000 new jobs as the industry braces for a post-pandemic world, while fast food franchisors face a ‘nightmare’ worker shortage.

America’s most popular table sauce has been impacted by the pandemic, and now franchisors are seeing red.

The unemployment rate is nearly double what it was 18 months ago, but the pandemic has incentivized workers to stay home.

Visa, Mastercard… or DoorDash?

Chipotle is the latest quick service brand to roll out a tuition assistance program for employees.

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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on April 9, 2021. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.

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