Seven Unique Legal Issues When Buying a Restaurant Franchise

By Pete Dosik
April 04, 2016

Buying an existing restaurant offers many advantages of building a new restaurant from the ground up. If that restaurant is a franchised, however, you are engaging in two separate but related transactions: buying an operating restaurant from the...
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Restaurant Brokers Weigh in on Growth Boom in Higher-end Fast Food

By Robin Gagnon
March 31, 2016

Higher-end quick service is accelerating according to industry data just released by Technomic, a research and consulting firm servicing the food and foodservice industry. President Darren Tristano just noted in a press release that " "In full...
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Food Network Casting Call - Restaurant Brokers Calling All Buyers

By Robin Gagnon
March 11, 2016

Is your restaurant search ready for prime time? The creator of Food Network's American Diner Revival is on a mission to find buyers opening their first restaurant. They have asked the Restaurant Brokers to make sure our clients know about this...
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Restaurant Brokers Weight in on the 5 Traits of the New Diner

By Robin Gagnon
March 03, 2016

A great article published by the National Restaurant Association this week talked about today's diner and four key traits of today's diners. The big takeaway -- today's customer is a far cry from your parent's generation. That's something the ...
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Restaurant Brokers Discuss the Latest Franchise Restaurant Development Deals

By Robin Gagnon
February 01, 2016

One of the restaurant broker's favorite emails just hit the inbox with all the deals in development across the franchise spectrum. Of course, the ones of greatest interest to us are the franchise deals announced like this one. Arby's Restaura
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Deliver It! Restaurant Brokers Examine Restaurant Delivery Models

By WSR Operations
January 21, 2016

January 21, 2016 – Takeout and delivery service has become the nation’s most popular way to serve its hungry customers. Next week the restaurant brokers are going on the run to talk to delivery experts about what makes this trend so popular....
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What's under the bun?

By WSR Operations
January 08, 2016

January 08, 2016 – The restaurant brokers are going “under the bun!" on their weekly radio show as they speak with national experts on burgers. We are exploring beyond the basic burger to understand why this iconic American food just keeps on...
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Game is On the Menu! Restaurant Brokers interview Chefs cooking from the wild!

By WSR Operations
December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015 – We’re getting wild with the new year! The restaurant brokers are hunting chefs and experts that work with fish and wild game. We interview Sportsman Channel's Scott Leysath, host of the series, “The Sporting Chef” and “Hunt...
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Restaurant Brokers Expand on Franchise Times Development Deal Tracker

By Robin Gagnon
December 29, 2015

The restaurant brokers are big fans of the Franchise TImes Development Deal Tracker which annouces the brands growing and expanding with multi-unit contracts. This is our last recap for 2015 year which has been the year of the experienced...
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Restaurant Brokers Interview Cupcake Wars Winner & Take the Cake Blogger

By WSR Operations
December 04, 2015

December 4, 2015 – On next week's show, restaurant brokers Eric and Robin Gagnon are talking about sweet restaurant concepts with Elfie Weiss, Season One winner of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars and owner of HotCakes Bakes and Nichelle Stephens, the...
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