Company
GoTo Foods
Atlanta franchisor of Auntie Anne's, Carvel, Cinnabon, Jamba, McAlister's, Moe's and Schlotzsky's, formerly Focus Brands, owned by Roark Capital.
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2001
- Owned by
- Roark Capital Group
- Products here
- 0
Who owns GoTo Foods
Every company above GoTo Foods, the top of the group first, each tie from a cited source.
No company above it
ownssince January 2015
ownssince 2001
What the sources say about these ties
- Roark Capital Group owns
- Listed by Roark Capital as a current investment; Wikipedia gives Roark as owner
About GoTo Foods
GoTo Foods, known as Focus Brands until its rebrand in 2024, is an Atlanta-based restaurant franchisor and the parent company of Auntie Anne's, Carvel, Cinnabon, Jamba, McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill and Schlotzsky's; it also franchises Seattle's Best Coffee on certain military bases and in certain international markets.[1] The group counts more than 7,100 locations in all 50 US states and 70 countries and territories.[2] It is a portfolio company of the Atlanta private equity firm Roark Capital Group.[1]
Focus Brands was launched in 2001 as a holding company for Carvel Corporation, which Roark had acquired that year.[2][3] It bought Cinnabon, with the international operations of Seattle's Best Coffee, from AFC Enterprises in 2004,[4] then added Schlotzsky's in 2006, Moe's Southwest Grill in 2007, Auntie Anne's in 2010, McAlister's Deli in 2013 and Jamba in 2018.[2] The Jamba purchase closed on 14 September 2018.[3]
References
- ↑ Roark :: Current Investments Roark Capital. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-24.
- ↑ GoTo Foods: Leading Franchise Opportunities GoTo Foods. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-24.
- ↑ GoTo Foods Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-24. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
- ↑ Cinnabon Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-17. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
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