In a press release, The Coalition of Franchisee Associations announced that the Edible Arrangements Independent Franchisee Association and the San Francisco Monterey Bays 7-11 Franchise Owners Association have joined the CFA. This increases the number of franchisee associations in the CFA to seventeen. "We are pleased to have the Edible Arrangements Independent Franchisee Association and the San Francisco-Monterey Bays 7-11 Franchise Owners Association as our newest members," says Keith Miller, CFA chairman. "We have doubled our membership associations over the last year, which allows us to better represent all franchisees."
Headquartered in Washington, D.C. the CFA currently represents more than 30,000 franchise owners, 70,000 locations and 1.3 million employees.