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Every month, we highlight emerging concepts and business models offering interesting lessons for franchise growth. Smalls Sliders | QSR: A

Businesses are investing in artificial intelligence at an accelerating pace. But is that investment actually improving profitability? Across food and

We’re seeing encouraging signs in franchise development. Our own franchise sales team at StratonHunter Group is experiencing an uptick in

Earlier this month, our team attended Where Franchise Meets the Money in Toronto, bringing together franchise executives, investors and private

We’re entering a more interesting phase of artificial intelligence. The conversation is shifting from what AI can do to what

One of the biggest opportunities I see across franchise systems is better consumer segmentation. Too many brands still organize marketing

Rising gasoline prices, persistent household costs and economic uncertainty are changing how Canadians spend. September inflation reached 3.1%, driven partly

AI adoption is accelerating quickly. But there is a growing difference between using AI and actually building it into the

I ask business owners a question that usually changes the conversation: If you were buying your own company today, what

Here’s a question I think more CEOs should ask: What if some of your growth is actually making your company

We may be thinking about beverages the wrong way. For decades, the beverage was usually attached to something else (coffee

For years, the food industry has been built around a fairly simple growth equation: sell more, larger portions, more items,