Record Year for your family first scholarship: $50,000+ Awarded to 67 students
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Record Year for Your Family First Scholarship: $50,000+ Awarded to 67 students

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Oct 8 '26
Ten years after launching in Canada, the franchise scholarship program has now awarded more than $250,000 to the families of JAN-PRO franchise owners
Stop chasing industry awards and start delivering high-impact support
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Stop chasing industry awards and start delivering high-impact support

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Sep 4 '26
What does winning the Canadian Franchising Association’s Awards of Excellence top honour at the annual National Convention tell us about the health of a franchise system?
The case against over-automating the local business
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The case against over-automating the local business

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Sep 4 '26
Walk into almost any franchise conference this year and you’ll hear the same word repeated like a mantra: automation. AI-driven scheduling, chatbot customer service, algorithmic site selection, predictive inventory
Mr Sub Mack
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Six decades in, MR.SUB is ready for reinvention

MacKenzie "Mack" Taylor
Sep 2 '26
MTY Group’s Mack Taylor explains how MR.SUB is modernizing a Canadian original while keeping franchisee success at the center of its growth strategy…
What every prospective franchisee in Canada needs to know before signing

What every prospective franchisee in Canada needs to know before signing

Mark Scott
Oct 8 '26
Mark Scott, Partner at PartnerWise Franchise, shares the due diligence questions that Canadian franchise buyers most often overlook – from assessing franchisor stability to stress-testing financial projections against rising costs and economic uncertainty
Franchise marketing

Franchise marketing has a last-mile problem

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Oct 7 '26
AI is giving franchise brands access to increasingly sophisticated marketing capabilities. The next challenge is ensuring those capabilities reach every local market in a way that is relevant, scalable and effective
From one store to generational wealth: the power of multi-unit franchising

From one store to generational wealth: the power of multi-unit franchising

Shawn Saraga
Oct 6 '26
Shawn Saraga, founder of The Franchise Academy, explains how the journey from a single franchise location to generational wealth is built not on grand plans but on learning from every store – including the ones that fail
Your marketing data is lying to you: what the 7-11 touchpoint principle reveals about your customer journey

Your marketing data is lying to you: what the 7-11 touchpoint principle reveals about your customer journey

Jess Parker
Oct 5 '26
9,000 clicks. 500,000 views. Thousands of impressions. Your analytics marketing report can look impressive, but without understanding the people and journey behind those numbers, they can also lead to some very expensive conclusions

Beyond the brochure

Lisa Stead
Oct 2 '26
Lisa Stead of Stagecoach Performing Arts explains why thorough franchise due diligence should go well beyond validating figures, and sets out five questions that reveal what a franchise is really like to own
CFA

The local entrepreneurs behind the franchise brands

Andy Swales
Oct 2 '26
The Canadian Franchise Association highlights how the country’s franchise sector – spanning more than 60 industries and almost $150 billion in economic activity – is built on the ambitions of local, independently owned small businesses
CFA

Advocating for franchised small businesses

Sherry McNeil
Oct 1 '26
How the Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) brings franchises to the forefront during Small Business Month
Why franchise discovery days are changing forever

Why franchise discovery days are changing forever

Angelee Brown
Sep 30 '26
Buyers used to arrive at discovery day to be sold. Now they arrive to verify. Franchisors who have not noticed the difference are in for a reality check