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Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Announces Three-Store Development Agreement in Ohio

Owner/Operator Kelley Millikin will open three new locations in Central Ohio

(Columbus, OH) Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has signed a three-store development agreement in Central Ohio. The Buckeye State currently boasts eight Dickey’s locations, and the brand is expanding rapidly throughout the Midwest.

Owner/Operator Kelley Millikin spent most of his career in business to business sales and account management prior to becoming an entrepreneur. Having lived in Ohio for 23 years, he decided to make his passion into a career and go into the barbecue business full time. “I knew Dickey’s was the right concept because of the exceptional growth rate and the quality of the product,” Millikin says. “This franchise appeals to my natural love of barbecue, but as a potential business owner I chose Dickey’s for the operations efficiency and quality. The specific locations for the new stores have not been determined as of yet, but they will be located in Central Ohio, in the Columbus area.

“We are proud to bring Texas-style barbecue to the Midwest, and have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from our guests in that region,” says Roland Dickey, Jr., CEO of Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc. “The Dickey family congratulates new Owner/Operator Kelley Millikin on his development agreement and we look forward to our brand’s expansion in Ohio.”

To learn more about franchising with Dickeys, visit www.dickeys.com/franchise or call 866-340-6188.

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About Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc.

Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., the nation’s largest barbecue chain was founded in 1941 by Travis Dickey with the goal of authentic slow smoked barbecue. Today, all meats are still slow smoked on-site in each restaurant living up to the company tagline, “We Speak Barbecue.” The Dallas-based family-run barbecue franchise offers a quality selection of signature meats, home style sides, tangy barbecue sauce and free kids’ meals every Sunday. The fast-casual concept has expanded to over 540 locations in 43 states. Dickey’s was recognized for the third year by Nation’s Restaurant News as a “Top 10 Growth Chain” and by Technomic as the “Fastest-growing restaurant chain in the country.” For more information, visit www.dickeys.com or for barbecue franchise opportunities call 866.340.6188.

PuroClean Notes Shift in Network Diversity, Recognizes Emergence of Outstanding Hispanic Franchise Owners This Hispanic Heritage Month

TAMARAC, Fla. – (October 4, 2021) – PuroClean, one of the country’s leading restoration and remediation franchises, is celebrating diversity and inclusion this Hispanic Heritage Month, recognizing the emergence of a new group of outstanding franchise owners within its system. So far in 2021, the company has welcomed about one-third of new franchise owners who are of Hispanic or Latino descent. Even more impressively, PuroClean’s top honors were awarded to Hispanic franchise owners at the annual PuroClean Annual International Convention earlier this year. Husband-and-wife team Ivan and Karina Oliver from PuroClean of San Antonio Northwest were awarded “Franchise of the Year,” multi-unit owners, David Shiffman and Ricardo Herdan earned top honors with the Hot Shot award, and, the first-ever PuroClean Cares Award was given to Nelson Rivera.

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