Brandau: Buying what franchisors are selling

Photo Credits: Anton_Ivanov / Shutterstock.com Had the announcement of TGI Friday’s impending refranchising initiative been made four months ago instead of four days ago, I might have had a much more cynical opinion of the deal. I used to think selling off company-owned locations to franchisees wa.....

By MARK BRANDAU

SPONSOREDUpdated 1:51 PM • 10/06/14

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