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The growth was due to higher order volumes, food basket pricing to stores, and global franchise royalties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The size of Cruise's star in the movie firmament makes the comparison even less flattering: "Digger" was never going to be in the same ballpark as the multi-billion dollar "Mission: Impossible" franchise.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The mega-rich, impossibly stacked franchise from Chavez Ravine is now just four wins from reaching the World Series for a third consecutive season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

She said there were powers available to allow local government to franchise and take on their own approaches and said those opportunities needed to be looked at.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

J. T., the college-educated leader of his franchise, reported to a central leadership of about twenty men that was called, without irony, the board of directors.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

The Dodgers are going to squander the grandest opportunity of all — the possibility of the three-peat, something only two other MLB franchises have pulled off, and none in the National League.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The cause of death for Dennis Haskins, an actor best known for playing Principal Richard Belding across the “Saved by the Bell” franchises, has been revealed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Paramount will acquire ownership of iconic franchises that include Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings and Mission: Impossible.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Witness its reliance on game-based movie franchises for which somebody else—videogame designers—had to do the decades-long work of building audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In less than an hour, Jessie and Megan had thirteen lemonade "franchises" signed up for the day.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

The deal covers Boots' retail operations in the UK and Ireland, Boots Opticians, No7 Beauty Company and its Thailand and franchised businesses.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The deal includes Boots’ retail operations in the U.K. and Ireland, Boots Opticians, No7 Beauty Co., and its Thailand and franchised businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

McDonald’s and Wendy’s franchised U.S. restaurants also tend to have better margins than Burger King’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

He has also cited Greater Manchester's bus operating model, in which private bus firms bid to run services franchised by the local transport authority, as a possible model for regulating the water and energy sectors.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Instead of the franchised blandness of American cities, Alexandria is a city of mom-and-pop stores, all with signage screaming for attention, their wares encroaching on the streets.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Jersey Mike’s founder, Peter Cancro, began working there at age 14, bought the business in 1975 and started franchising the chain in 1987.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

He is also franchising his intellectual property, creating other products such as a card game inspired by "Exquisite Corpses" while holding talks with video game developers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The franchising company, which has a portfolio of restaurants with over 2,200 locations globally, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Collective protest has been complicated by consolidation, franchising and acquisitions, making it ever more difficult to even figure out who to protest and how.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025

There are plans to open a Fresh Brothers in the Chicago area and begin franchising in other states by March, Majewski said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024