January 30th, 2017
Over a 17-year career, Greg Flynn built the nation’s largest franchisee empire: Flynn Restaurant Group LP, a business that spans the country with three different brands — Applebee’s, Panera Bread and Taco Bell. With so many restaurant chains selling locations, franchisees have become increasingly powerful in the business of selling food to customers. And Flynn […]
Read MoreNovember 16th, 2016
Jordan Stackhouse is an employee at the Taco Bell in Hope Mills, North Carolina. Devin Cokley is an employee at the Taco Bell in Whiteville, North Carolina. Both will be receiving Live Mas Scholarships towards education. Jordan Stackhouse Scholarship Submission Scholarship Reveal Devin Cokley Scholarship Submission Scholarship Reveal
Read MoreOctober 24th, 2016
Flynn is the first franchisee to win the award in its history. Greg Flynn, who used his real estate investment savvy to build the largest restaurant franchisee in the country over a 17-year career, on Monday was named Nation’s Restaurant News Operator of the Year. Read the full article in Nation’s Restaurant News. Listen to […]
Read MoreAugust 24th, 2016
The story of Greg Flynn, Founder and CEO of Flynn Restaurant Group, was featured in Forbes‘ article, “The Super Sizer: How Greg Flynn Became America’s Largest Restaurant Franchisee with $1.9B Revenues.” “Flynn hasn’t just made money; he’s changed the structure of the franchise industry. While franchisees have traditionally been small, local operators, Flynn created the […]
Read MoreMay 19th, 2016
Watch Greg Flynn, founder, chairman and CEO of Flynn Restaurant Group, accept the award for 2016 Restaurant Leader of the Year.
Read MoreApril 27th, 2016
Greg Flynn, Founder and CEO of Flynn Restaurant Group, was named the 2016 Restaurant Leader of the Year by the editors of Restaurant Business. This is only the second year the award has been presented. The 2015 recipient was Danny Meyer, CEO of Shake Shack.
Read MoreFebruary 6th, 2015
Read the full article at Nation’s Restaurant News.
Read MoreSeptember 25th, 2014
Read the full article in the Franchise Herald.
Read MoreAugust 1st, 2013
Bell American Group didn’t need long to become one of Taco Bell’s largest operators. The subsidiary of Flynn Restaurant Group has acquired the 62-unit Gateway Bells out of St. Louis from Don Ghareeb. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition gives Bell American 138 locations, and adds $80 million in sales, making Bell […]
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