---
title: "Good News! – November 2020"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b23adf81-eaf1-4ba9-a66c-6829f6a4d424
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__november_2020.html
author: "Eddy Goldberg"
category: "General"
published: 2020-11-21T07:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:49.354Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/5656_plate.jpg
---

# Good News! – November 2020

**TL;DR:** The article discusses how businesses are coping with the pandemic, including community involvement and support. It also highlights various business growth and changes, such as Wendy's rejecting Flynn Group's bid and Roark planning to close Pet Valu stores.

*By Eddy Goldberg, originally published in Franchising.com on 2020-11-21. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__november_2020.html).*

## Story

Back in August 2009, deep in the trough of the Great Recession and weary of the daily barrage of “Everything’s going wrong and the world is about to end!!” we began this monthly roundup of what was still going right. We called it The Winner’s Column.

Today, Covid-19 has created a new kind of uncertainty – but with a critical difference: everyone is susceptible this time around. No “best practices” or management jiujitsu will stop the virus, only slow its spread (or so we hope). And here comes winter and record numbers of cases across the United States.

So, in addition to our regular roundup of business growth and change, we’ve added a special section on how businesses are coping with the coronavirus. Sorry, it’s not all good news right now, but you knew that. Here’s your chance to follow the leaders, every third Tuesday of the month!

And if you’re not doing it already, send us your good news here! COPING WITH COVID – REOPENING, RECOVERY, & CLOSINGS Wendy’s Balks at Flynn Group’s Bid for NPC Units in $816 Million Bankruptcy Sale Roark Plans To Close All 358 Pet Valu Stores in the U.S.

, Citing Covid-19 Marriott Reduces Expenses, Returns to Profitability in Q3 Focus Brands President on How To Transform the Workplace During a Crisis Restaurants Fine-Tune Dining Rooms as Covid Spreads and Restrictions Return Malls File for Bankruptcy or Shut Their Doors as Pandemic Pain Spreads Nekter Juice Bar Reports 32% Q3 Sales Increase Sweetgreen To Cut Corporate Staff by 20% Coolgreens Reports Record Q3 Sales, Signs AD Deal for 50 Units, Plans Ghost Kitchen FINANCE/M&A Investors in Fast Food Brands Are “Lovin’ It” Investment Firms Are Extending High-Interest Loans to Hotel Owners in Need of Cash. LaunchLife International Acquires Engineering for Kids MoneyMailerUSA Acquires The Inside Coup NEW UNITS/GROWTH/EXPANSION/NEW & EMERGING BRANDS Brooklyn Dumpling Shop Automat Partners with Fransmart, Targets 500 Units in 10 Years Southern Classic Chicken, with 17 Units, Announces Franchise Expansion Plans Romeo’s Pizza Announces Expansion Plan in the Midst of the Pandemic 10 Missteps To Avoid in Launching & Expanding a Fast Casual Brand MARKETING Fast Food’s Big Bets on Breakfast Falter During Covid-19 Study: QSR Apps Rule as Demand for Digital Orders Tops 70% Starbucks Testing Vegan Breakfast Sandwich from Impossible Foods Near Seattle Burger King To Test Reusable Packaging in NYC and Portland, Oregon Social Media Trends 2021 Global Report (Free Download) Study: Most High Earners Plan To Spend More This Holiday Season FRANCHISING CARES Image One Announces First Responders & Military Veteran Franchise Giveaway ODDS, ENDS & TRENDS How Your Brain Tricks You into Taking Risks During the Pandemic U.S.

Consumer Comfort Fell to 7-Week Low Ahead of Election Covid Relief Now Coalition Launches Ad Blitz, Adds New Members Panda Express Says Restaurant in China Bearing Resemblance in Is Fake PEOPLE, AWARDS, MILESTONES RIP Freddy Simon, Namesake of Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers Cecilia Chang, Chinese Food Pioneer in the U.S.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- General (sector)
- Wendy's (company)
- business growth (topic)
- Eddy Goldberg (person)
- covid-19 impact (topic)
- Fransmart (company)
- Freddy's (company)
- Sweetgreen (company)
- FOCUS Brands (company)
- Nekter Juice Bar (company)

---
Originally reported by Eddy Goldberg, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__november_2020.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b23adf81-eaf1-4ba9-a66c-6829f6a4d424).