The FTC just secured a $17 million settlement against Xponential Fitness, the largest monetary recovery in a franchise case in FTC history. The violations have nothing to do with fitness and everything to do with how franchisors sell franchises. QSR brands should read the complaint carefully.
A data-driven ranking of the top 25 quick-service chains by unit growth, same-store sales trajectory, and breakout potential — plus our predictions for who crosses 5,000 units by 2030
The QSR landscape is splitting into winners and losers faster than ever. Our 2026 Power Rankings analyze three-year unit growth rates, same-store sales trajectories, and international expansion to rank the top 25 chains — and identify which brands are about to break out, which are treading water, and which are running out of time.
With $6.6 million in average unit volume and 90% company ownership, Todd Graves has built the most in-demand franchise opportunity in America by refusing to franchise.
Walk into any Raising Cane's location during a lunch rush and the line will be out the door. The Baton Rouge-born chicken finger chain has become one of the most talked-about brands in American qui...
Wingstop opened a record 493 net new restaurants in FY2025 while posting its first domestic same-store sales decline in 22 years. Is this a cyclical correction, or is the brand growing faster than its own unit economics can absorb?
941 locations, $2.66M AUV, and Goldman Sachs pushing expansion. Can Zaxby's compete with Raising Cane's and Chick-fil-A in an overcrowded chicken segment?