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title: "This Week in Franchise News: 4/9/2021"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/97835be8-5146-468a-a237-8720b75cfdc9
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/this-week-in-franchise-news-492021-2715464
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
published: 2021-04-09T18:13:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:25:48.881Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/2559f13145f1bb3d7358e3334ac6745a7351.jpg
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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.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-04-09. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/this-week-in-franchise-news-492021-2715464).*

## Story

*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.*

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- jobs (topic)
- pandemic (topic)
- shortage (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/this-week-in-franchise-news-492021-2715464). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/97835be8-5146-468a-a237-8720b75cfdc9).