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.

Flynn Group LP has acquired Wendco (NZ) Ltd., the sole franchisee of the Wendy’s brand in New Zealand, the company announced Monday.

Already the world’s largest franchisee entity, Flynn Group is looking for so much more, whether that’s domestic, international, or breaking into new categories.

Already the World’s largest franchise entity, Flynn Group is looking for so much more, whether that’s domestic, international, or breaking into new categories.

Flynn Restaurant Group LP (“Flynn”), the largest franchise operator in the world, announced it has acquired a highly-successful Planet Fitness franchise from Alder Partners, LLC, which operates 37 locations in two major markets in the United States.

Multibillion-dollar San Francisco-based food franchise empire Flynn Restaurant Group
LP is expanding into its first new category since 1999 with a major acquisition.
In a deal closed Wednesday morning, the world’s largest operator of quick-service food
franchises — with thousands of Wendy’s, Applebee’s, Pizza Hut and Panera Bread
locations across the U.S. and Canada — has acquired 37 Planet Fitness gym locations in
Boston and Atlanta and rebranded itself to Flynn Group LP. The price was not disclosed,
but the group’s founder and chairman Greg Flynn told me the value of the deal was in
the neighborhood of “hundreds of millions of dollars.”

Greg Flynn, founder and chief executive officer of Flynn Restaurant Group, discusses his business strategy and outlook for Wendy’s as his company signed a new master franchise agreement to develop 200 Wendy’s restaurants in Australia through 2034.

World’s largest franchise operator will lead efforts to hyperscale Wendy’s® and grow the brand across the country.

Franchise operator Flynn Restaurant Group is acquiring Pizza Hut Australia, marking the US company’s first international acquisition.

Flynn Restaurant Group, owner of eateries including Applebee’s, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, is at the vanguard of menu strategy.