


Named one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity by Forbes, Noodles & Company represents more than 450 restaurants across the country. The companies will provide qualifying participants with specialized Pathways training, coaching, mentoring and other support to open both single and/or multi-unit franchise businesses. Noodles & Company and WOWorks will be key Pathways partners and have officially added the program to their respective franchising development and unit growth strategies.

MFHA set a goal for Pathways to create 100 new Black-owned franchise restaurants by year-end 2023. Launched in 2020 by MFHA with a $2.5 million commitment from PepsiCo, Pathways is dedicated to helping Black entrepreneurs from all backgrounds develop and operate high performing franchise businesses. ( Restaurant News Release) The Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance (MFHA) announced that Noodles & Company and WOWorks are the first restaurant franchise companies to adopt the Pathways to Black Franchise Ownership program. MFHA Sets Goal to Create 100 Black-Owned Franchises by Year-end 2023
