The IFA Hall of Fame Award is the association’s most prestigious and oldest award presented to an IFA member who has contributed significantly to the advancement of franchising and the franchising community. The 2025 recipient is Greg Flynn, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Flynn Group LP.

The IFA Hall of Fame Award is the association’s most prestigious and oldest award presented to an IFA member who has contributed significantly to the advancement of franchising and the franchising community. The 2025 recipient is Greg Flynn, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Flynn Group LP.

The founder of the largest franchisee in the world shares more on his growth philosophy and why the time was right for an emerging chain to join his portfolio.

Wendy’s made its debut in Australia in January, with Flynn Group opening a restaurant on Queensland’s Cavill Avenue. Flynn Group Chief Transformation Officer Lauren Leahy, left, and Chief Operating Officer Ron Bellamy, prepare to cut the ribbon.

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.

Jess Reicher and Rasheeda Clark carved their paths to leading the Arby’s and Wendy’s brands for Flynn Group. Their journeys offer a blueprint for women aiming to break barriers in the male-dominated restaurant industry.

Flynn Group LP (“Flynn”), the world’s largest franchise operator, announced the acquisition of 45 Pizza Hut restaurants across Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. With this acquisition, Flynn Group’s Pizza Hut portfolio now encompasses 1,027 domestic restaurants on top of the nearly 300 in Australia under Flynn ANZ.

Like a lot of other restaurant operators, Greg Flynn is cautiously optimistic that another four years under a Trump administration could be a boon for an industry that has struggled under tighter government regulations and rising food and labor costs.

At the same time, the country’s largest restaurant franchisee worries about the impact of new immigration policies that could strip the industry of many of its most reliable workers.

Flynn Group LP, the franchising company, has acquired 13 Panera Bread cafés from Blue Ridge Bread Inc., bringing its total Panera location count to 145 and adding Virginia to the nine states in which it operates the brand.

Flynn Group—the world’s largest franchisee entity—announced Thursday that it acquired 83 Wendy’s stores. The company now owns 277 Wendy’s restaurants, making it one of the biggest operators in the burger chain’s system. The purchased stores are based in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.