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Otherwise, they get rose-colored glasses about success in the home market and assume it will translate quickly. You discussed expecting 5070% volumes. That's sobering. I've even seen cases where it's just 2530% at launch. It highlights how important capital structure is. Yes. The majority of little development concepts like ours count on equity, not financial obligation.

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

So you need equity sponsors who think in the vision and the group. Another lesson: you need to open four to six shops in a new market within 2 to 3 years. That's expensive, but it produces emergency, develops awareness, and justifies above-store management. Without it, you stay slow and unprofitable.

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At Chop Store, we intentionally built strong bases in Phoenix and Dallas. That gave us the profitability to hold up against sluggish starts in Houston and Atlanta. And we were fortunate that Dallasour 2nd marketwas also where our group lived. Having the entire group in-market to support stores, hire, and make sure culture was substantial.

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Individuals often ignore how vital group is to scaling. How have you approached structure and scaling your group? This is something I'm actually happy with. Our group took all the important things we hated from past jobsfeeling underappreciated, underpaid, growth-stifledand developed the opposite culture here. We stress growth mindset and profession pathing.