[4] In September 1998, John Hamburger, owner of Franchise Times Corp[5] purchased the rights to the Franchise Times trademark, subscription and advertiser lists, copyright, web domain name, and back issues.
[9] Mary Jo Larson, who was the publisher/editor of the Restaurant Finance Monitor became the new editor of the magazine.
Franchise Times' list was different from others in that rankings were based solely on sales and unit counts.
"Fast and Serious", an editorial feature that identifies growing franchise systems, was launched in 2014.
[15] CEOs and CFOs are invited there to talk about their brands before lenders, franchisors and multi-unit franchisees.