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The Flynn Group is adding the drive-thru coffee chain to its franchise portfolio. And the mega franchisee is launching a new Growth division to focus on younger, innovative brands. Flynn Group owns and operates more than 3,000 restaurants and fitness clubs across Applebee’s, Arby’s, Taco Bell, Panera, Pizza Hut, Wendy’s, and Planet Fitness brands spanning 44 states, Australia, and New Zealand, generating more than $5 billion in sales and employing more than 78,000 people.
Understanding the Context
With one acquisition, Flynn Group tripled the size of its Planet Fitness portfolio—and founder and CEO Greg Flynn isn’t done. In buying Grand Fitness Partners and its 98 Planet Fitness gyms, Flynn Group became the fifth-largest franchisee in the system at 141 clubs. The deal came less than three years after a company known for being the largest multi-brand restaurant operator in the world ... Flynn Group entered the Pizza Hut system in 2021 with the acquisition of 900+ restaurants in the US.
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In 2023 we expanded internationally acquiring Pizza Hut’s master franchisee in Australia with 260+ units. Flynn, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, was among the highest‑profile figures ensnared in special counsel Robert Mueller ’s investigation and one of six Trump associates charged as part of...