Whenever we undergo a dramatic economic change, there is a lot of movement of capital. In the past 10 years in franchising, we’ve seen a lot of outside investment capital (which I’ll refer to here as PE) move into brand acquisitions. Initially, and for the most part, this was done as one-off acquisitions. More recently, […]
Franchisees are the faceless owners and power behind franchise brands. Traditionally, this has been important because consumers don’t care who owns the business. They just care about product consistency and the brand experience. So why is this important? As investors, knowing more about franchisees is crucial because: You may be interested in identifying franchisee acquisition […]
The merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity in North America has continued its pace in 2019, with 4,754 deals worth $849.7 billion closing in the first half of 2019. Dozens of mega-deals have been announced, potentially setting up a healthy back half of the year as well. The popularity of PE as an asset class has […]
On the New Frontier: “Private equity acquisitions took the franchise world by storm in 2018. And the interest in franchise acquisitions is not fading away any time soon.” Read more here. In the News: MUTTS Canine Cantina Signs First MU Franchise Deal in TX [RestaurantNews.com] Wayback Burgers Reports Blazing Growth in 2018 [QSR] Freddy’s Frozen […]
Private equity acquisitions took the franchise world by storm in 2018. And the interest in franchise acquisitions is not fading away any time soon. According to a report published by Deloitte earlier this year, more than three-quarters of M&A executives at large private companies, and close to 87% of M&A leaders at domestic private equity […]