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Nobody expected 2020 to be a year of growth. With a pandemic raging, the future seemed too uncertain. Who could accelerate their business, let alone open a new one? What potential new franchisee would plunk down their up-front costs in this environment—and maybe even open a storefront?

But now 2020 is done and the numbers are in. There are

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