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03 07 2023

Top 12 Chicken Franchises to Buy in 2023

Although trends, especially in the food industry, typically die down over time, one market garnered so much popularity, it became its own franchise category: chicken. Popularity skyrocketed in 2019 during the "chicken sandwich wars," when Popeyes released a new fried chicken sandwich that was relatively unknown until Chick-fil-A touted its sandwich as the original. Not only did Popeyes and Chick-fil-A see an increase in revenue, but other concepts also began introducing their own competing chicken products to the point where some franchises are committed to chicken alone. 

02 21 2023

Year-old Shell reports "phenomenal" start

A Roanoke Valley businessman says his family’s $2 million investment to open a convenience store with fuel pumps in northwest Roanoke is generating “phenomenal” results.