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  "id": 12458643,
  "title": "Happy Joe’s Shrank From 100 Locations to 34. Now New Investors Have a Plan to Put a Smile Back on the Franchise’s Face.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/happy-joes-shrank-from-100-locations-to-34-now-new-investors-have-a",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-06T14:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Entrepreneur",
    "slug": "entrepreneur",
    "url": "https://www.entrepreneur.com/buying-a-franchise/happy-joes-new-investors-have-a-plan-to-put-a-smile-back-on-the-franchises-face"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The chain behind taco pizza survived a 2022 bankruptcy. Its new owners say the comeback starts with the dough.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}