Technology across franchise brands: the deals, operators and trade-press stories Burnaze summarizes, each linked to the original.
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New Water Capital has acquired LidWorks, a manufacturer that supplies custom food and beverage lids to major QSR and convenience store chains including Burger King and 7-Eleven.
Fitness software provider Arketa is launching a physical studio in Manhattan to test operational solutions and better understand the pain points of its boutique fitness clients.
Deployment is underway across all Batteries Plus locations, with full system rollout expected to be completed by the end of September.
Main Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in VWE Automotive to fuel growth through AI-enabled products and a selective buy-and-build strategy for the automotive software provider.
The burger giant is modernizing its traditional word-of-mouth growth strategy by implementing new digital tools and communication channels for its 1,500+ locations.
FavTrip CEO Babir Sultan has deployed specialized AI agents to manage snack inventory, social media, billing reconciliation, and automated job applicant messaging across his three-store convenience chain.
A new report indicates that 73% of marketing leaders have seen an increase in AI-driven ad fraud, posing new challenges for multi-location brands managing large acquisition budgets.
As part of the partnership, COPA Innovation Laboratories, together with its investment subsidiary COPA Venture Capital, led a $7 million growth funding round in Shoot 360.
Restaurant marketers are increasingly using AI and sales data to identify growth opportunities and automate advertising campaigns across major platforms.
In coffee drive thrus, technology is increasingly positioned as the answer to speed, accuracy, labor pressure, and tighter margins.
The discount retailer is implementing a unified AI platform from Relex Solutions to coordinate forecasting and replenishment across its 21,000 stores and 34 distribution centers.
Private equity firms are increasingly targeting multi-state specialty pharmacies and pharmacy technology providers for scale-driven acquisitions.
The gym software provider has purchased AI platform FitMetrics to integrate automated coaching and personalization tools into its trainer-facing business solutions.
Private equity firm M|C Partners has invested in DivergeIT to establish a platform for acquiring and scaling other managed IT service providers.
The 2,112-unit restaurant chain finished a five-month rollout of the Harri platform to streamline scheduling, labor forecasting, and compliance monitoring for general managers.
Restaurant leaders know that operational judgment is irreplaceable.
The founder of FavTrip discusses how implementing specialized AI agents helped his multi-unit convenience store operation identify a significant accounting error.
SupplyCaddy has received growth investment from CEAS Investments, which is a partner in the business.
O&M Restaurant Group selects Oscar AI for 23-unit Taco Bell franchise
Yext is expanding its Scout platform to help multi-location brands manage and optimize their visibility across AI-driven discovery engines like ChatGPT and Gemini.
A 23-unit Taco Bell operator is implementing Oscar AI to integrate POS, labor, and inventory data for better store-level performance and margin management.
Industry experts at the upcoming Fast Casual Executive Summit will discuss how unified customer data can drive immediate ROI for restaurant chains.
Enhance, a Dubai-based personal training software platform for high-value, low-price (HVLP) gyms, has raised $18.2 million in equity and debt funding as it aims to scale in the U.S.
Color Me Mine's growth in the first half of 2026 is fueled by two forces: new franchisees joining the system and existing owners doubling down on the brand.