- The deal with Barry Dubin, founder and CEO of B Wild Investments, follows a 50-unit development agreement he signed with the fast-casual Mexican chain earlier this year.
- Dubin and B Wild are also opening Tide Laundromat locations after inking a 51-unit agreement last fall.
Barry Dubin was excited in September about entering the Qdoba Mexican Eats system when he signed an agreement to develop 50 restaurants in Utah, New Mexico and Nevada.
The founder and CEO of B Wild Investments sounded no less than thrilled when discussing his latest deal with the fast-casual Mexican chain. His acquisition of 20 restaurants from longtime Qdoba franchisee Andrew Anderson and his family—16 of which are in his home state of Colorado while four are in the Anchorage, Alaska, area—puts Dubin on track to become one of Qdoba’s largest franchisees with 70 locations.
North Fork Restaurant Group is the largest Qdoba franchisee with more than 107 locations in six states.
“My family lives in Aspen, Colorado, so I’m really excited to be able to acquire restaurants that are practically in my backyard. It was a very attractive component of the transaction to own businesses so close to us, where we can actually visit them as consumers,” Dubin said…