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The Coffee Chain That Grew by Giving Up Its Stores
BIGGBY built a 460-plus-cafe system without keeping a portfolio of company stores. Its wager is that local owners, playful drinks and a traceable supply chain can make a regional brand feel personal at scale.
The Company Behind the Van in Your Driveway
Authority Brands has assembled 15 familiar home-service businesses under one quiet operating system. The bet is simple: keep the trucks local, but make the machinery behind them national.
Inspire Brands
Inspire Brands keeps six familiar restaurant chains visibly different while quietly wiring them to the same machinery. The result is a franchise empire built less like a food court than a hospitality operating system.
Restaurant Brands International
Behind four familiar counters sits a less familiar machine: a mostly franchised platform turning coffee, burgers, chicken and subs into royalties, data and global restaurant growth.