Franchise M&A Resources

Rick Ormsby provides you with a wealth of restaurant M&A knowledge through webinars, podcasts, and videos. Be sure to request to join our mailing list to stay up to date with all the latest information about franchise M&A, restaurant valuation, M&A market trends, financing for franchising, etc.

Podcast

06.25.2025

Season 7 Episode 4: Fran Faith: Rick on His Faith & Working in the Franchise Banking Business

Webinar

06.25.2025

Fran Faith: Rick on His Faith and Working in the Franchise Banking Business

Podcast

06.05.2025

Season 7 Episode 3: Survey Results: Buyers and What They Are Buying Now

Webinar

05.21.2025

Survey Results: Buyers and What They Are Buying Now

News

05.20.2025

2025 Buyer Survey Results

Podcast

04.14.2025

Season 7 Episode 2: 2025 MUFC Recap

Podcast

02.03.2025

Season 7 Episode 1: 2025 State of Franchise M&A

Webinar

01.28.2025

2025 State of Franchise M&A

Podcast

11.25.2024

Season 6 Episode 8: 2024 RFDC Reflections & Panel Recap

Podcast

10.01.2024

Season 6 Episode 7: 2024 Franchise Real Estate Update

Webinar

09.24.2024

2024 Franchise Real Estate Update

Podcast

09.09.2024

Season 6 Episode 6: Rick Discusses Life Experiences with College Students

Podcast

08.05.2024

Season 6 Episode 5: 2024 Mid-Year M&A Review

Webinar

07.17.2024

2024 Mid-Year M&A Review

Podcast

06.14.2024

Season 6 Episode 4: Comments on Current Restaurant News, M&A Deal Flow & Recent Transactions, and Sluggish Consumer Spending

Podcast

05.01.2024

Season 6 Episode 3: 2024 Dealmakers Week: Do’s and Don’ts for Franchisees Accepting a Private Equity Investment

Webinar

04.30.2024

2024 Dealmakers Week: Do’s and Don’ts for Franchisees Accepting a Private Equity Investment

Podcast

03.18.2024

Season 6 Episode 2: 2024 Franchise M&A Questions

Podcast

01.30.2024

Season 6 Episode 1: The 2024 State of Franchise M&A

Webinar

01.16.2024

The 2024 State of Franchise M&A

Podcast

12.05.2023

Season 5 Episode 11: RFDC 2023 Replay: Navigating an Acquisitions Path for Growth in 2024

Webinar

11.29.2023

2023 RFDC Replay: Navigating an Acquisitions Path for Growth in 2024

Podcast

11.15.2023

Season 5 Episode 10: Navigating the Current M&A Landscape in Franchising: Opportunities and Challenges

Podcast

10.18.2023

Season 5 Episode 9: Comments on the Fast Act, Zombie PE Funds, & Franchise M&A Deal Flow

Podcast

09.14.2023

Season 5 Episode 8: Your M&A Questions Answered

Podcast

08.04.2023

Season 5 Episode 7: The 2023 State of Lending for Franchise Businesses

Webinar

07.25.2023

The 2023 State of Lending for Franchise Businesses

Podcast

07.10.2023

Season 5 Episode 6: 2023 Lender Survey Results

News

07.10.2023

2023 Lender Survey Results

News

07.10.2023

2022 Lender Survey Results

Podcast

06.01.2023

Season 5 Episode 5: Legal Considerations when Acquiring a Restaurant Business

Webinar

05.23.2023

Legal Considerations when Acquiring a Restaurant Business

Podcast

05.09.2023

Season 5 Episode 4: Franchise Times Dealmakers Week 2023 with Rick Ormsby as Guest Speaker

Webinar

04.28.2023

Franchise Times Dealmakers Week Webinar: Franchisees Attracting New Investors and How You Can Join the Club

Podcast

04.05.2023

Season 5 Episode 3: From Real Estate Investor to a Prominent Taco Bell Franchisee

Webinar

03.29.2023

From Real Estate Investor to a Prominent Taco Bell Franchisee

Podcast

03.16.2023

Season 5 Episode 2: Q1 M&A, AKFCF Highlights, & Dealmaker Award Nod

Podcast

02.01.2023

Season 5 Episode 1: The 2023 State of Franchise M&A

Webinar

01.25.2023

The 2023 State of Franchise M&A

Podcast

12.27.2022

Season 4 Episode 12: 2022 M&A Wrap-Up

Podcast

11.28.2022

Season 4 Episode 11: M&A Highlights from the Restaurant Finance and Development Conference

Podcast

10.31.2022

Season 4 Episode 10: Building and Operating a 200+ Unit Franchise Business

Webinar

10.12.2022

Building and Operating a 200+ Unit Franchise Business

Podcast

09.28.2022

Season 4 Episode 9: M&A and Convention Reflections, Plus The Impact of The FAST Act

Podcast

08.25.2022

Season 4 Episode 8: Franchise Real Estate Update- Q3

Webinar

08.10.2022

Franchise Real Estate Update – Q3 2022

Podcast

07.26.2022

Season 4 Episode 7: M&A Perspectives for Q3 2022

Podcast

06.27.2022

Season 4 Episode 6: Q2 Lender Outlook for Franchise Businesses

Webinar

06.15.2022

Q2 Lender Outlook for Franchise Businesses

Podcast

04.14.2022

Season 4 Episode 4: Lifecycle of a Brand's Turnaround Efforts

Podcast

03.10.2022

Season 4 Episode 3: 2021 M&A Deal Reflections and Looking Into 2022

Podcast

02.10.2022

Season 4 Episode 2: Rick’s Interview on Franchise I-Banking at Kennesaw State University

Webinar

02.01.2022

Kennesaw State University Guest Speaker Series

Podcast

01.10.2022

Season 4 Episode 1: 2022 Franchise M&A Trends

Podcast

12.10.2021

Season 3 Episode 12: 2021 Franchise M&A Top 10 Questions Countdown

Podcast

10.10.2021

Season 3 Episode 10: Taxes, Franchisors, and Due Diligence

Podcast

09.10.2021

Season 3 Episode 9: How to Buy International Franchises

Podcast

08.20.2021

Season 3 Episode 8: The Re-Emergence of Casual Dining, a conversation with Apple-Metro CEO Zane Tankel

Webinar

08.12.2021

The Re-Emergence of Casual Dining feat. Zane Tankel of Apple-Metro, Inc.

Podcast

07.29.2021

Season 3 Episode 7: How to Compress a Deal Timeline to Meet a Year-End Closing

Podcast

06.20.2021

Season 3 Episode 6. Bonus Episode - YTD Perspective on Restaurant M&A

Podcast

05.05.2021

Season 3 Episode 4. Franchise Times Dealmaker of the Year Awards, Q1 Reflections, Q2 Projections, and the Current Franchise M&A Market

News

04.14.2021

2021 Franchise Times Dealmaker of the Year Awards

Webinar

04.05.2021

An Interview with Kevin Hochman, president of KFC and Pizza Hut [Webinar]

Podcast

04.05.2021

Season 3 Episode 3: An Interview with Kevin Hochman, president of KFC and Pizza Hut

News

04.01.2021

Unbridled Capital Receives 2nd 2021 Dealmaker of the Year Award

News

04.01.2021

Unbridled Capital Receives 3rd 2021 Dealmaker of the Year Award

News

04.01.2021

Unbridled Capital Receives 2021 Franchise Times Dealmaker of the Year

Podcast

02.22.2021

Season 3 Episode 2: KBP Foods & Grand Mere Capital - Franchisee Interview

Podcast

02.03.2021

Season 3 Episode 1: Franchise M&A and 2021

Webinar

01.27.2021

KBP Foods & Grand Mere Capital - Franchisee Interview

Podcast

01.05.2021

Season 2 Episode 14: The Franchise Industry and a Hopeful Outlook

Podcast

12.16.2020

Season 2 Episode 13: Tax and Legislative Changes Affecting Franchise Valuations

Webinar

12.11.2020

Tax and Legislative Changes Impacting Franchise Valuations Webinar

Podcast

10.13.2020

Season 2 Episode 11: Managing Lender Relationships

Webinar

09.16.2020

Managing Lender Relationships

Podcast

08.20.2020

Season 2 Episode 10: Creative Financing Structures for Franchisees

Webinar

08.13.2020

Creative Financing Structures for Franchisees

Podcast

07.24.2020

Season 2 Episode 9: Restaurants and Bankruptcy

Webinar

07.15.2020

Restaurants and Bankruptcy

Podcast

06.15.2020

Season 2 Episode 8: Liquidity and the Lending Market: Post-COVID-19

Podcast

06.09.2020

Season 2 Episode 7: Traps and Provisions of PPP Loan Forgiveness

Webinar

06.04.2020

Liquidity and the Lending Market, Post COVID-19

Webinar

05.20.2020

CARES Act – Traps and Provisions of PPP Loan Forgiveness

Podcast

05.19.2020

Season 2 Episode 3: Optimizing the Franchise Sale

Podcast

05.19.2020

Season 2 Episode 6: Business Interruption Insurance

Webinar

05.07.2020

Business Interruption Insurance - The Next COVID-19 Shoe to Drop

Podcast

04.24.2020

Season 2 Episode 5: Franchise M&A and Real Estate Market Conditions

Webinar

04.23.2020

Franchise M&A and Real Estate Market Conditions Post COVID-19

Podcast

04.14.2020

Season 2 Episode 4: Review of Select QSR Brands and Emerging Concepts

Podcast

02.24.2020

Season 2 Episode 2: The American Dream and Franchising

Podcast

02.05.2020

Season 2 Episode 1: What to Expect in 2020 for Restaurant Sales and Profits?

Video

01.27.2020

What is the 2020 Outlook for Restaurant M&A?

Video

01.27.2020

Financial Benefits for Hiring an Advisor

Podcast

01.24.2020

Season 1, Episode 26: Arbitrage in buying and selling franchises

Video

12.30.2019

Changing Landscape of M&A

Video

12.20.2019

Welcome to Unbridled Capital

Video

12.20.2019

Strong M&A Market

Video

12.19.2019

Understanding Restaurant Valuations

Video

12.10.2019

Family Office Financing

News

12.03.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 32 PHs in OH, KY, IN

News

12.03.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 32 PHs in OH, KY, IN

News

12.03.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 2 KFCs in KY

News

12.02.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 14 KFCs in IN, KY

Podcast

11.20.2019

Season 1 Episode 25: How to Attract a Family-Office to Your Franchise Deal

Podcast

10.22.2019

Season 1 Episode 24: Buying, Selling and Financing Franchises

News

10.01.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 25 KFCs in IA, NE

News

10.01.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 24 PJs in FL

News

09.26.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 5 KFCs in WI

News

09.25.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 11 TB/KFCs in MO, IL, IA

Podcast

09.18.2019

Season 1 Episode 23: 10 Reasons Why Franchisees Shouldn't Delay Their Decision to Sell their Franchise Businesses

News

09.17.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 9 TBs in AL

News

09.03.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 19 PJs in GA

Podcast

08.22.2019

Season 1 Episode 22: Understanding Franchisors' Motivations

News

08.13.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 7 KFCs in MI

Podcast

07.30.2019

Season 1 Episode 21: Essential Guidelines for Private Equity Buyers in Franchise Deals

Podcast

07.19.2019

Season 1 Episode 20: June Restaurant Sales and Transactions Update

News

07.09.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 4 TBs in AL

Podcast

07.02.2019

Season 1 Episode 19: May Restaurant Sales and Transactions Update

Podcast

06.11.2019

Season 1 Episode 18: Tension in M&A Transactions - Franchisors and Franchisees

Podcast

05.28.2019

Season 1 Episode 17: Over-saturation of Fast-Casual Restaurants

Podcast

05.14.2019

Season 1 Episode 16: Preparing to Sell a Franchise Business

Podcast

05.01.2019

Season 1 Episode 15: Impact Seen in Restaurants When Wage Hikes Occur

Podcast

04.22.2019

Season 1 Episode 14: SPACs Used for Restaurant Acquisitions

News

04.16.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 6 TBs in CA

News

04.16.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 11 TBs in CO

News

04.11.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 45 PHs in TN, GA, AL

Podcast

04.04.2019

Season 1 Episode 13: Restaurant Lenders Have Fewer Deals in the Marketplace

Video

04.02.2019

Private Equity Sellers

Video

04.02.2019

Taco Bell Valuations

Video

04.02.2019

Great Time to Sell

Video

04.02.2019

Macroeconomic Update 2018

Video

04.02.2019

Finding a Growth Partner

Video

04.02.2019

Let Us Refranchise

Video

04.02.2019

Helping Franchisees Grow

Video

04.02.2019

Overlooked Expenses in a Sale

Video

04.02.2019

Unbridled Beats Competition

Video

04.02.2019

Why Hire Unbridled?

Video

04.02.2019

Private Equity

Video

04.02.2019

P&L Management

Video

04.02.2019

Asset Actions

Video

04.02.2019

EBITDA

Video

04.02.2019

Cap Rates

Video

04.02.2019

Non-Restaurant Franchising

Video

04.02.2019

Surging KFC Valuations

Video

04.02.2019

New PH Buyers

News

03.26.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 8 TBs in KY

Podcast

03.19.2019

Season 1 Episode 12: A Day w David Novak, Former Yum CEO

Podcast

03.05.2019

Season 1 Episode 11: Unbridled Provides Advisory to 82-unit Pizza Hut Franchisee

Podcast

02.05.2019

Season 1 Episode 9: Brand Affinities for Gen Z Consumers

News

01.28.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 82 PHs in MT, WY, UT, CO, KS, OK and TX

News

01.25.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 13 Five Guys in MA

News

01.22.2019

Unbridled Capital Sells 3 TBs in CA

Podcast

01.14.2019

Season 1 Episode 8: Valuation Update for 2019: EBITDA and Cap Rates

Podcast

01.02.2019

Season 1 Episode 7: Sales and Traffic Outlook for Restaurants

News

12.27.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 5 Little Ceasars in TN

News

12.19.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 2 TBs in TX

Podcast

12.18.2018

Season 1 Episode 5: How has the rapid expansion of family-office consolidators impacted restaurant M&A financing?

Podcast

12.18.2018

Season 1 Episode 6: Top 20 Macroeconomic M&A considerations for franchising in 2019

News

12.18.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 6 KFCs in OH, KY

News

12.17.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 24 KFCs in OH, KY

Video

12.10.2018

Financing Trends 2019

Video

12.10.2018

Hot M&A Market 2019

Video

12.10.2018

Brands in Demand

Video

12.10.2018

Brands with Red Flags

Video

12.10.2018

Hot M&A Market 2019

Video

12.07.2018

Valuation Metrics

Video

12.07.2018

M&A Deal Obstacles

Video

12.07.2018

Buying Corporate Stores

Podcast

12.04.2018

Season 1 Episode 4: What are the biggest obstacles to overcome when completing a franchise-to-franchise transaction?

Podcast

11.27.2018

Season 1 Episode 2: Restaurant Sales Are Up While Traffic Tries to Rebound

Podcast

11.27.2018

Season 1 Episode 3: Which brands attract the highest valuations?

News

11.07.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 43 PHs in WI

News

10.30.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 5 TBs in CA

Podcast

10.19.2018

Season 1 Episode 1: What does the rising 10-yr mean to valuations?

News

09.24.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 14 KFCs in MI

News

09.13.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 10 PHs in IA, MO

News

08.08.2018

Unbridled Capital Refranchises 30 PJs in MN

News

07.17.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 6 TBs in TX

News

06.26.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 18 Corporate PMs in CO

News

06.25.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 39 PHs in CO, KS, MO

News

06.19.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 3 TBs, KFCs in TN, KY

News

06.01.2018

Unbridled Capital to Make Charitable Restaurant Donations on Deal Closings

News

05.21.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 43 PHs in IN

News

04.30.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 15 KFCs in OH, WV, PA

News

02.27.2018

Rick Ormsby, Managing Director, 2018 M&A Outlook for Franchise Times

News

01.19.2018

Unbridled Capital Sells 17 PHs in AL

News

01.15.2018

Unbridled Capital Refranchises 6 TBs in TN, KY

News

12.18.2017

Unbridled Capital Sells 39 TBs in MO

Video

12.15.2017

Valuation

News

11.13.2017

Unbridled Capital Sells 23 PHs in MO

News

11.05.2017

Unbridled Capital Hired to Sell Corporate Restaurants for Papa Murphy’s (FRSH)

News

09.11.2017

Unbridled Capital Sells 4 KFCs in KS

News

08.24.2017

Unbridled Capital Advises Buy-Side 6 KFCs in CA, AZ

News

08.18.2017

Unbridled Capital Sells 9 PHs in MO, KS

Video

03.23.2017

Bank Financing

Video

03.15.2017

Re-Franchising

Video

03.15.2017

QSR and Fast Casual

Video

03.13.2017

Macroeconomic Overview

Video

03.05.2017

Selling A Company