Many companies are embracing the franchise concept. S&L has a wonderful brand recognition and would be ideal. Has this been discussed as a possible path forward for faster growth?
Definitely. The critical key for franchising is showing a strong P&L per location, with Net Profit and Positive EBITDA. To get franchising going in the US, we needed to have proof of concept in the US; our Canada based locations data cannot be considered. This again goes back to our current corporate focus.
there is another explanation in one of the other Q&As on this page: