The word "franchised" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a company that has multiple locations owned by different independent businesses. For example, "Abercrombie & Fitch is a franchised clothing retailer with stores in many countries around the world."
Harrison said it was impossible to attribute Costa's increasingly strong performance to the controversy surrounding Starbucks's tax affairs, but he noted that Costa had enjoyed a record week last week, with UK stores – excluding franchised shops – taking £10m and attracting 3.8m customers.
The parent of those three fast-food chains, it has 34,000 (mostly franchised) restaurants around the world, 2,000 more than McDonald's.
InterContinental, a British-based firm that is another big believer in being asset-light, owns only 15 hotels, manages 628 and has its brands woven into the towels of a further 3,800 franchised operations.One advantage of owning the bricks-and-mortar is that the company has absolute control over the hotel and its maintenance.
Even in hotels that are franchised out, the brand owner exerts strict control over the finest details, such as the types of mattress in the bedrooms.
It's as if the scam has been franchised.
As in other markets, 90% of them will be franchised and a tenth owned by Burger King.
OSYU's stated purpose is to fight for the idea that "Yoga cannot be owned, transferred, franchised, trademarked or copyrighted".
Life Church has franchised five campuses in Oklahoma, two in Arizona and one in Texas.Growth in religious organisations is proving just as addictive as it is in corporate ones, and successful churches are reaching deep into business theory to feed their habit.
Wendy's owns about 20% of the 6,700 restaurants carrying its brand (the rest are already franchised).
The ORR said there was "very limited" choice when it came to selecting passenger rolling stock for franchised passenger services, with franchisees often having few alternatives but to re-lease the rolling stock previously in use in that franchise.
"Franchising has the highest risk and potentially the least reward," worries Stephen Broome of PwC, a consultancy.Despite such worries, Accor will rely on franchised outlets to deliver a large share of the new rooms it is planning.
