Major franchisee Doherty Enterprises adds Qdoba to its roster

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Doherty Enterprises Inc., 1 of the country’s largest franchisees, is adding Qdoba Mexican Eats to its portfolio with a caller statement to make 27 restaurants successful prime New York and New Jersey markets passim the adjacent respective years. 

The statement represents a strategical enlargement for Doherty Enterprises, whose portfolio presently includes 158 restaurants crossed Applebee’s, Panera Bread, Wendy’s, Chevys Fresh Mex, JINYA Ramen Bars, and respective proprietary concepts. 

“We are thrilled to invited Qdoba restaurants into the Doherty Enterprises family,” president and main operating serviceman Timothy Doherty said successful a statement. “Qdoba is an exceptional marque with awesome momentum, beardown portion economics, and a paper that genuinely resonates with today’s guests. This concern reflects our disciplined attack to growth, aligning with best-in-class brands that complement our portfolio, and which let america to service our communities successful caller and meaningful ways.”

The concern comes arsenic Qdoba experiences accelerated growth. In June, the concatenation opened its 800^th location, and successful August, it secured a $527 cardinal circular of backing from Butterfly Equity to accelerate growth. This builds connected Qdoba’s inaugural $305 cardinal securitization money successful precocious 2023 from Butterfly, which acquired the Mexican accelerated casual concatenation successful 2022.

Since that acquisition, Qdoba has named manufacture seasoned John Cywinski main enforcement serviceman and transitioned into a franchise-first model. Cywinski antecedently led Applebee's. The institution besides shared its extremity to astir treble its portion number to scope astir 1,500 restaurants, and this latest circular of backing from Butterfly is expected to accelerate that growth.

Qdoba said it selected Doherty Enterprises arsenic 1 of its pb improvement partners based connected the company’s decades-long way grounds of successfully scaling nationalist edifice brands, operational excellence, and heavy acquisition operating successful the New York and New Jersey market.

“We’re excited to enactment unneurotic with Doherty Enterprises to bring Qdoba’s craveable, customizable Mexican fast-casual acquisition to much communities crossed New York and New Jersey,” main improvement serviceman Jeremy Vitaro said successful a statement. “Their section marketplace cognition and absorption connected impermanent acquisition marque them a earthy acceptable arsenic we proceed to grow our footprint.”

In 2026, Doherty Enterprises is readying to unfastened caller Wendy’s, Panera Bread, Applebee’s, and Jinya Ramen Bar locations, portion besides completing much than 15 Applebee’s remodels. Established successful 1985, Doherty is ranked arsenic the 27th largest franchisee successful the U.S. by Restaurant Finance Monitor.