Why Is Fast Casual the Wise Investment?

Otherwise, they get rose-colored glasses about success in the home market and assume it will translate rapidly. You discussed expecting 5070% volumes. I've even seen cases where it's simply 2530% at launch.

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You require equity sponsors who believe in the vision and the group. Another lesson: you need to open 4 to 6 stores in a new market within 2 to 3 years. That's expensive, but it produces vital mass, constructs awareness, and validates above-store management. Without it, you stay slow and unprofitable.

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At Chop Shop, we deliberately constructed strong bases in Phoenix and Dallas. That offered us the success to stand up to sluggish starts in Houston and Atlanta. And we were fortunate that Dallasour second marketwas likewise where our group lived. Having the whole group in-market to support shops, hire, and make sure culture was big.

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Why Is Scaling the Best Investment?

People often undervalue how vital group is to scaling. Our group took all the things we disliked from previous jobsfeeling underappreciated, underpaid, growth-stifledand developed the opposite culture here.