San Diego — QDOBA Mexican Eats (QDOBA), the largest franchise opportunity in the fast-casual Mexican segment, is coming out of a development banner year after differentiating itself with flexible footprint options that allow the brand to work well in a variety of traditional and non-traditional venues. The brand also added 34 new QDOBA locations in 2022. Among the 34 locations, 16 were franchise, 16 were license and two were corporate openings. The license locations included seven military locations, two airport locations, a premium outlet location as well as the brand’s …
Jim Sullivan
West Palm Beach, Fla. — QDOBA Mexican Eats® (QDOBA), the largest franchise opportunity within the fast-casual Mexican segment, has signed a multi-unit franchise development agreement to bring 30 locations to North Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties in southern Florida over the next 10 years. At the helm of the brand’s largest deal is Michael Guiffre, who has over two decades of leadership experience within the construction industry overseeing organization structure, customer relations and development. Guiffre’s first venture into restaurant operations was with Dunkin’, where he was the operating partner …