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Article: Denver-Based Village Inn Seeks Franchisees in Norfolk, Va., Area.
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 9, 2002
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Byline: Deborah Markham
Feb. 9--It takes an investor to raise a Village Inn.
The Denver-based Village Inn restaurant chain is looking for franchisees to help it "dominate" the mid-scale family dining market in Hampton Roads.
For the first phase of the company's most aggressive expansion plan in its 44-year history, it intends to add as many as 100 Village Inn locations throughout the country over five to seven years, including at least seven in Hampton Roads.
To help realize its goal, Village Inn needs "strategic partners" -- restaurant-experienced investors, or investor/operators, with a net worth of at least $750,000 and $250,000 in ...