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title: "Good News! - January 2018"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/e05d0bd4-3cb5-498e-864e-f53ed2c77a02
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__january_2018.html
author: "Eddy Goldberg"
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
published: 2018-01-14T08:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:13:23.601Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/3723_plate.jpg
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# Good News! - January 2018

**TL;DR:** Several franchise brands reported strong growth and expansion in 2017, including Capriotti's, Freddy's, and Tropical Smoothie Cafe. 2017 was a good year for franchising with favorable legislation and continued growth of both established and emerging brands.

*By Eddy Goldberg, originally published in Franchising.com on 2018-01-14. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__january_2018.html).*

## Story

The good news: 2017 was a good year for franchising, with favorable legislation, continued growth of both established and emerging brands, and a slew of consolidation -- not only at the franchisee level, but also for franchisors as franchise holding companies continued to increase the number of brands in their stable. The bad news: It's getting harder to keep up with all the good news! That's a nice problem to have -- and why we provide our "Good News!"

monthly roundup of selected news items on unit growth, investment and financial developments, international expansion news, refranchising, and milestones attained by franchisors large, medium, and emerging. 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.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise growth (topic)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- Eddy Goldberg (person)
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe (company)
- Freddy's (company)
- Capriotti's (company)
- Restoration 1 (company)
- legislation (topic)

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Originally reported by Eddy Goldberg, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/good_news__january_2018.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/e05d0bd4-3cb5-498e-864e-f53ed2c77a02).