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Who Said You Can’t Come Up with Money to Fund a Restaurant Concept?

Funding new concepts is an important process in order to maintain a vibrant restaurant sector. But it’s a laborious and an often disappointing process, especially if you’ve never done it before and don’t have…

Some Key Ideas to Owning Multiple Concepts

As evidenced by the Monitor’s Annual Top 200 restaurant franchisees, which was published in June, growth in multiple-concept ownership continues to accelerate. In recognition of this trend, we’ve developed a few key takeaways regarding…

Franchisee/Franchisor Litigation—What Are We Going To Do About It?

As reflected in a recent Franchise Times article, there is no shortage of litigation between franchisors and franchisees. Our firm recently looked at the specific types of litigation that are the most common. These…

Rethinking Your Franchise Agreements

Last month’s column about an evolving franchise model is particularly relevant in light of emerging disputes between franchisees and franchisors and how it is being played out in front of the Federal Trade Commission….

Creating Franchise Concepts That Work for the Franchisee

Over the years a steady stream of people who are in the early stages of developing a restaurant concept have come to see me to ask about franchising. In most cases, the business owner…

Thoughts Regarding Your Buy-Sell Agreement

The last three years has created change in the restaurant industry, so it’s important to look at your exit strategy, which should include a review of buy-sell agreements. To address some of these issues,…

Why Loan to Our Industry?

Fortunately for all of us, there tends to always be a supply of new lenders and finance sources exploring and/or entering the restaurant, and particularly the restaurant franchise, finance sector. When the Monitor started…

Brad Cashman Provides List of Reminders for Sellers Considering Seller Financing in Article for Finance & Commerce M&A Monthly Column

From Business Owner to Amateur Lender: What to Consider Before Agreeing to Seller Financing The lifeblood of M&A transactions is capital, and we have been fortunate enough to have recently gone through a prolonged…

John Remakel Discusses Growing Trend of Materiality Scrapes in M&A Transactions in Article for Finance & Commerce M&A Monthly Column

Materiality Scrapes are No Longer just a “Trend” but the Norm in M&A Minnesotans are not the only ones who are scraping car windows, sidewalks and driveways these days, Buyers in M&A transactions are…

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