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Article: Set to flip in Massachusetts ; Fast-growing burger chain planning for 3 restaurants soon, 7 more by mid-2009
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 12, 2008
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If you want a salad, go somewhere else.
That's the concept behind Five Guys Burgers and Fries, a fast-
growing national restaurant chain that plans to open its first three
restaurants in Massachusetts over the next six months, followed by
at least seven more by next summer. This week, a company executive
was in Boston scouting more potential sites.
Though it doesn't come close to rivaling McDonald's which has
13,800 US restaurants, Five Guys Enterprises' growth rate is
impressive. The Lorton, Va., company had just eight restaurants in
early 2004. Today, the chain has grown to 298 in 27 states. Last
year alone, it opened 100 stores.
Five Guys restaurants, with sit-down and take-out service, ...