Most restaurant holding companies grow by blowing out a popular concept and then acquiring concepts to add to the mix.

My guest this week has taken this model, spiced it up with a little bit Carolina BBQ expertise and flipped that model on it’s head, offering his franchisee’s access to multiple concepts.

In episode #024 of the Social Restaurant Podcast, I talk with Brian Bailey, CEO of Ichor Restaurant group, a rapidly growing Canton, Ohio-based fast casual franchise that has built an interesting model to allow franchisees to open up multiple restaurants in the same town – all under different brand names and flavor profiles.

Brian brings all kinds of energy and enthusiasm to this week’s show and is not only a restaurant innovator, but also an award winning BBQ expert who’s skills have been honed in the pits.

Go ahead, turn up the speakers, click play and listening to episode #024 of the Social Restaurant Podcast.

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