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Ask what coding means at Code Ninjas, and the honest answer keeps changing. In 2017, it meant JavaScript, Lua, and a partnership with Roblox. Today it also means prompt engineering, machine learning, and a 120-hour AI Academy that didn’t exist eighteen months ago. What has never changed is the belief…
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For decades, the familiar picture of brick-and-mortar franchise ownership was relatively straightforward: find a retail site, build or lease a standalone location, put the brand’s sign over the door, and begin attracting customers. That picture is changing. Increasingly, franchise brands are looking beyond traditional storefronts and exploring places where customers…
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Red Robin is raising a glass to a new nationwide partnership with Garage Beer, the beer brand co-owned by brothers Jason and Travis Kelce. Garage Beer Classic Light and Classic Lime are available at Red Robin restaurants across the United States, making the casual dining brand the first national restaurant…
McDonald’s Corporation has appointed Skye Anderson as president of McDonald’s USA, placing a longtime company executive at the helm of its largest market. Effective 4th August, Anderson will oversee nearly 14,000 restaurants nationwide, with a focus on restaurant operations, customer value, and long-term profitable growth. She succeeds Joe Erlinger, who…
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There are brands that follow the market, and then there are brands that seem to arrive exactly when the market is ready for them. Konala (pronounced Koe-Nah-Luh) sits firmly in the second category. Named after founders Trace and Jammie Miller’s two rescue dogs, Kona and Nala, the brand carries a…
Finding the right location for a restaurant franchise has never been simple, but it has rarely been as consequential as it is today. Rents are elevated. Construction costs have climbed. Permitting timelines stretch in ways that eat into a franchisee’s runway before a single bowl is served. In that environment,…
Randal Moore had no master plan when he followed his mother from Richmond, Virginia down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He was a young man trying to find his footing, and for a while, nothing quite fit. School felt slow. Local jobs did not pay enough to make the math…
Michael Jacobson did not set out to revolutionize the floral industry. He set out to help his uncle sell a flower shop. What happened next is the kind of story that makes you believe a little more in the combination of timing, curiosity, and a willingness to follow an unexpected…
There is a problem hiding in plain sight inside franchise development. Brokers and developers are routinely losing 3 to 5 hours a day to operational tasks that have nothing to do with being in conversations: CRM updates, follow-up emails, calendar wrangling, and candidate scheduling that quietly crowds out the conversations…
Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux closed the holiday season with a nationwide giveback that was deliberately simple and intensely hands-on; cooks cooked; teammates delivered; neighbors received. Across the system, restaurants prepared and distributed more than 7,500 meals through local non-profits chosen by each location. Partners ranged from the Delaware Township Food Pantry…