At the time, they were one of the largest franchisees, operating 28 stores in Southern California.

Cox is Blockbuster's third- largest franchisee, owning about 10 percent of the 838 franchise stores.

Interstate also is the largest franchisee of Roman Meal breads.

Priszm was one of the largest franchisees of Yum!

Kmart rapidly became the largest franchisee for Little Caesars, which has about 4,500 shops altogether, including 1,100 that are company-owned.

Geelong is also home to Mitre 10's largest franchisees Fagg's operating five stores across the town and employing over 160 people.

Earlier this month, AmeriKing, one of the company's largest franchisees, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its creditors.

Several of its largest franchisees entered bankruptcy due to the issues surrounding the performance of the brand.

Tollman/Hundley, the chain's largest franchisee, applied for the role of harvester.

Triarc later acquired two of Arby's largest franchisees and it now owns roughly 1,000 of the chain's 3,500 restaurants.