Known for its Hooter Girls and Hooters Style chicken wings, the 32 year old Hooters casual dining chain has ramped up corporate development and increased franchise development along with a system-wide remodel program. Hooters of America LLC is the franchisor and operator of more than 420 Hooters restaurants in 42 states and 26 countries. In 2015 alone, Hooters has opened international restaurants in Japan, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Thailand, Brazil and South Africa while domestically, Hooters franchising continues to grow from coast to coast including the world’s largest Hooters location, a two-level, 15,200 square foot location with seating for over 400 guests at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Additional domestic openings are scheduled for Shrewsbury in Massachusetts, Somerset in New Jersey, Duluth in Georgia as well as in Mishawaka, Indiana and Chula Vista, California. Internationally, Hooters expects additional new restaurants to open by year’s end in Bangkok, Thailand, Mexico City and Shanghai, China. With over 100 commitments for future franchise development, Hooters has plans to open in multiple markets across Southeast Asia, Curacao and Nicaragua for the first time in 2016, and will continue to expand in Brazil, China, Japan, South Africa, Montreal, Russia, Colombia, and the United Sates. Furthermore, Hooters continues to ramp up its new corporate development and anticipates opening at least eight new corporate restaurants in 2016. Not to be forgotten, Hooters’ remodeling program also continues at a rapid pace with an additional 30 corporate remodels in 2016, as well as at least 20 franchise remodels. By the end of 2016 Hooters will have over 25 percent of its restaurants to the new prototype design that was introduced in 2013.
CATEGORY: Casual sports bar
Chain Name: Hooters
Company Name: Hooters of America LLC
Street Address: 1815 The Exchange Se, Atlanta, Georgia 770/951-2040
Tel: 866/225-4668 & 770/951-2040 Fax: 770/618-7032
Email: franchising@hooters.com & hooterspr@hooters.com Website: www.hooters.com
Menu Specialty: Menu includes seafood, sandwiches, burgers, salads and the Hooters original chicken wings in addition to an ice-cold beer selection and an expanded beverage menu that includes a variety of specialty drinks, wine and cocktails all served by the Hooter Girls.
Introduced: The first Hooters opened on October 4th, 1983 in Clearwater, Florida.
No. of Locations: Presently there are over 420 Hooters locations domestically and in 26 countries. About 160 locations are corporately owned.
Areas of Operation: Worldwide
Types of Location: Freestanding, Pads, etc.
BusinessType (corp., franchise, jv): Corporate & Franchises
Size Req’d: Minimum building of 5500 sq.ft. on 1.5-acres
Special Requirements (patio, drive-thru, etc): Minimum 80 parking stalls, visibility, signage, access with traffic of at least 30,000 vehicles per day. Strong retail synergy within 0.5 miles and within one mile of other traffic generators such as regional malls, theatres, sporting venues, etc. At least 100,000 population in the immediate trade area and median income of $50,000 and higher in the trade area.
Contact Name: Terry Marks – CEO
Matt Wickesberg – CFO
Claudia Levitas – Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel
Jim Parrish – COO
Terri Hoskins – Chief Human Resources Officer
Chris Duncan – Chief Information Officer
Mark Whittle – Sen. Vice President, Global Development
Janet Kearns – Franchise Development Manager
Andre Thorne – Market Development Director, Europe, Africa, Russia
Satoshi Ueda – Market Development Director, Asia, Australia
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PARENT COMPANY: Hooters of America LLC, Atlanta, Georgia
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