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per the Business Journal:
Former professional basketball player and Twin Cities native Kris Humphries has signed on to introduce a Los Angeles-based fried chicken chain to Minnesota.
Along with his parents William and Debra and brother Alex, Humphries recently inked a franchise agreement with Dave’s Hot Chicken to open 10 stores around the metro. No leases have been signed yet, so it's unclear where and when they will open. But the family is looking for potential locations between 2,000 and 2,700 square feet and is considering options in Minneapolis' North Loop and Minnetonka.
“My family and I were really excited at the prospect of bringing an exciting brand like Dave’s Hot Chicken to our home in the Twin Cities area. After doing our due diligence, trying the product and meeting the brand’s leadership, we knew this was an opportunity we couldn’t pass up,” Kris Humphries said in a statement. “Dave’s Hot Chicken checks all the boxes for the kind of restaurant brand we want to be involved with, and has all the potential for massive growth. We’re excited to see what the future holds for the brand in the Twin Cities.”
The Humphries family also owns Crisp & Green and Five Guys franchises in Minnesota.
“The Twin Cities area has been a market we’ve been wanting to break into for some time now. Now, we’re getting to do it with a group of operators who are both excited about introducing Dave’s Hot Chicken to Minnesota and have the experience to do it successfully,” Dave’s Hot Chicken Vice President of Franchise Development Shannon Swenson said in a statement.
Dave's is a fast-casual Nashville hot chicken concept specializing in tenders and sliders. Four friends, including chef Dave Kopushyan and Arman Oganesyan, launched it as a parking lot pop-up in early 2017 and struck a franchise deal in 2019 with a co-founder of Wetzel’s Pretzels. The brand is backed by a slew of other celebrity investors, including rapper Drake, actor Samuel L. Jackson, Red Sox owner Tom Werner, Good Morning America anchor and retired NFL player Michael Strahan and Maria Shriver, a former NBC anchor and first lady of California.
Dave's has sold the rights to about 600 franchise locations across the U.S. and Canada. The company currently has 50 stores open, according to its website, and plans to open an additional 75 stores in 2022.
Go Gophers!!
Former professional basketball player and Twin Cities native Kris Humphries has signed on to introduce a Los Angeles-based fried chicken chain to Minnesota.
Along with his parents William and Debra and brother Alex, Humphries recently inked a franchise agreement with Dave’s Hot Chicken to open 10 stores around the metro. No leases have been signed yet, so it's unclear where and when they will open. But the family is looking for potential locations between 2,000 and 2,700 square feet and is considering options in Minneapolis' North Loop and Minnetonka.
“My family and I were really excited at the prospect of bringing an exciting brand like Dave’s Hot Chicken to our home in the Twin Cities area. After doing our due diligence, trying the product and meeting the brand’s leadership, we knew this was an opportunity we couldn’t pass up,” Kris Humphries said in a statement. “Dave’s Hot Chicken checks all the boxes for the kind of restaurant brand we want to be involved with, and has all the potential for massive growth. We’re excited to see what the future holds for the brand in the Twin Cities.”
The Humphries family also owns Crisp & Green and Five Guys franchises in Minnesota.
“The Twin Cities area has been a market we’ve been wanting to break into for some time now. Now, we’re getting to do it with a group of operators who are both excited about introducing Dave’s Hot Chicken to Minnesota and have the experience to do it successfully,” Dave’s Hot Chicken Vice President of Franchise Development Shannon Swenson said in a statement.
Dave's is a fast-casual Nashville hot chicken concept specializing in tenders and sliders. Four friends, including chef Dave Kopushyan and Arman Oganesyan, launched it as a parking lot pop-up in early 2017 and struck a franchise deal in 2019 with a co-founder of Wetzel’s Pretzels. The brand is backed by a slew of other celebrity investors, including rapper Drake, actor Samuel L. Jackson, Red Sox owner Tom Werner, Good Morning America anchor and retired NFL player Michael Strahan and Maria Shriver, a former NBC anchor and first lady of California.
Dave's has sold the rights to about 600 franchise locations across the U.S. and Canada. The company currently has 50 stores open, according to its website, and plans to open an additional 75 stores in 2022.
Go Gophers!!
