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title: "Good, Bad, and Other News! - July 2022"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ac10cb32-e313-457d-a791-cc785c461621
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_bad_and_other_news__july_2022.html
author: "Eddy Goldberg"
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
published: 2022-07-06T09:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:07:29.594Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/6901_plate.jpg
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# Good, Bad, and Other News! - July 2022

**TL;DR:** The US franchise industry is experiencing a post-pandemic recovery, with companies like McDonald's and KFC making changes to their operations. Main Line Brands has acquired Fitness Machine Technicians, and KFC has named Tarun Lal as President of US operations.

*By Eddy Goldberg, originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-07-06. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_bad_and_other_news__july_2022.html).*

## Story

So far, so good this summer in the U.S. with Covid being held at bay.

Let’s hope this continues, and count our blessings while they last. Here’s our roundup of franchise news, delivered your way every first Tuesday of the month. (Yes, we’ve changed the schedule, as well as the design!)

And if you’re not doing it already, send us your news here and see it next month in this very same newsletter! POST-COVID REOPENING & RECOVERY Pandemic Hangover: Consumers Are Wary as They Resume Purchasing Cooling Consumer Spending Points to Further Economic Slowdown High Cost of Airfare More Likely than Gas Prices To Hurt Travel Recovery High Gas Prices Are Weakening Customer Traffic at C-stores Massachusetts Station Owner Quits Selling Gas Over Pump Prices Companies Find Leaving Russia Difficult, Though Many Are Trying Western Brands Are Up for Grabs in Sanctioned Russia Hangry Planet, U.S.’

s First 100% Plant-Based Convenience Store, Opens in California Impacts of the Dobbs Decision on Employer Benefit Plans (Littler) McDonald’s Tightens Ownership Rules as It Looks for New Franchisees HIRING & EMPLOYMENT 5 Strategies for Leaders To Increase Employee Engagement To Keep Workers Long Term, Employers Swear by the 90-Day Rule Just Salad Is Offering Employees On-Demand Pay Some Food Companies Say Hiring Challenges Are Starting To Ease FINANCE & M&A Main Line Brands Acquires Fitness Machine Technicians LEADERSHIP KFC names Tarun Lal President of U.S.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- Eddy Goldberg (person)
- KFC (company)
- leadership changes (topic)
- Fitness Machine Technicians (company)
- Just Salad (company)
- franchise news (topic)
- Littler (company)
- m&a activity (topic)
- post-covid recovery (topic)

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Originally reported by Eddy Goldberg, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_bad_and_other_news__july_2022.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ac10cb32-e313-457d-a791-cc785c461621).