With more emerging restaurant brands jumping into franchising, here’s what experts say are the must-dos, do-nots, and advice for newbies.

Managing director Scott Mezvinsky said Taco Bell’s new Go Mobile 2.0 model was created to meet a growing digital business, bolster franchisee economics, and make employees’ lives easier.

Nancy McKenzie began franchising with Fazoli’s in 1991 and currently has four stores with the brand

Big names in tech are in a race to automate the most front- and back-of-house tasks for labor-challenged operators, from Oracle to Paytronix and more

The virtual brand’s menu will now appear on Chili’s bar menu and as part of Chili’s appetizer section.

Former New York Times dining columnist Mark Bittman wants to reinvent the restaurant industry with his menu-less Community Kitchen concept

Noodles & Company spreads Uncommon Goodness into the Southern U.S. with signing of agreements for 24 new franchise restaurants

Restaurant operators in Edmund, Okla., and Great Bend, Kan., have implemented the latest prototype