The fast food industry can be a brutal business. When it is wrapped around a franchise system, it can be even more so.
The latest to feel the pain is one of the country’s biggest pizza chains, Eagle Boys, which plunged into administration a week ago, throwing its franchise network into panic.
The administrators, SV Partners, closed 13 corporate stores and are talking to potential bidders. But they are yet to shed any light on why Eagle Boys called them in.
The 100-plus franchisees are also in the dark. They have been told to keep paying the royalties and rolling out the pizzas, but the stress is taking its toll on more than a fe…
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