date:Dec 30, 2013
the Houston restaurants in early 2013 from Emerald Foods. That deal marked Hazas first franchise arrangement with Wendys.
The sale of the Austin restaurants is part of a major Wendys initiative. In July, Dublin, Ohio-based Wendys announced it was selling 425 company-owned restaurants in 13 U.S. markets in an effort to boost its profit margins and geographically concentrate its restaurant ownership.
In June 2012, Wendys bought the 30 restaurants in the Austin area from franchisees David and Ja