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title: "2024 Innovation Award Winners"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/fe009725-b891-4e0b-a4ee-1b26fcd061f2
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/2024_innovation_award_winners.html
author: "Franchise Update Media"
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
published: 2024-12-02T07:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T18:29:11.108Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/8899_plate.jpg
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# 2024 Innovation Award Winners

**TL;DR:** The 6th Annual Franchise Innovation Awards had over 100 entrants in four main categories and 22 subcategories. The winners of the new Franchise Development category will be announced in October at the Franchise Leadership Development Conference in Atlanta.

*By Franchise Update Media, originally published in Franchising.com on 2024-12-02. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/2024_innovation_award_winners.html).*

## Story

This year marked the 6th Annual Franchise Innovation Awards. Once again, there were more than 100 entrants in four main categories and 22 subcategories. The best of the best innovators, game changers, and disruptors competed in four categories: Marketing & Branding, Operations & Technology, Products & Services, and Human Resources.

The winners of a new category, Franchise Development, will be released in October at the Franchise Leadership Development Conference in Atlanta. A panel of judges evaluated each entry based on a brand’s stated objective, the problem or improvement targeted, and the metrics they provided about the results. Complete coverage of the Innovation Awards and the Overall Winners for Marketing and Operations & Technology can be found on page 38.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- General (sector)
- franchise development (topic)
- Atlanta (location)
- leadership conference (topic)
- innovation awards (topic)
- Franchise Innovation Awards (event)
- Franchise Leadership Development Conference (location)

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Originally reported by Franchise Update Media, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/2024_innovation_award_winners.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/fe009725-b891-4e0b-a4ee-1b26fcd061f2).