Earlier in the week, American Restaurant Concepts Inc. announced the grand opening of its newest Dick's Wings & Grill restaurant in Jacksonville in northern Florida. The new Dick's Wings & Grill is a freestanding unit at the Argyle Village on Youngerman Circle. A conversion of an existing restaurant, it is the chain’s 16th restaurant in Florida. The unit occupies about 6700 square feet of space on approximately 1.5-acres and has seating for more than 200 guests. The chain’s first freestanding unit, it features a large outdoor patio area and bar with the Dick's Wings extensive menu, including its signature Dick's Wings chicken wings and Dick's Blingz boneless chicken wings in 365 flavors. The restaurant serves dine-in customers as well as carry out and catering services. "Part of our growth strategy has been to identify existing restaurants of other brands and convert them into Dick's Wings restaurants,” said Richard W. Akam, CEO of American Restaurant Concepts Inc., owner, operator and franchisor of the Dick’s Wings & Grill concept. “Conversions are less expensive and much faster to complete than building a new restaurant from the ground up, which enables our franchisees to invest less money in the restaurant and generate sales more quickly. Conversions of existing restaurants in general and conversions of larger, stand-alone restaurants like our Youngerman Circle restaurant in particular, represent a tremendous avenue of growth for us due to the interest they will generate among potential multi-unit restaurant franchisees."
CATEGORY: Casual NASCAR themed
Chain Name: Dick's Wings & Grill
Company Name: American Restaurant Concepts
Street Address: 13453 N. Main St., Suite 206, Jacksonville, Florida 32218
Tel: 904/741-5500 Fax: 904/741-5577
Email: Website: www.dickswingsandgrill.com
Menu Specialty: Boldly-flavored Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings and Dick's Blingz boneless chicken wings along with a variety of fresh sandwiches, burgers, wraps, salads and signature waffle fries.
Introduced: Jacksonville, Florida in 1996
No. of Locations: 16 in Florida, one in Georgia
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Types of Location: Lifestyle and power centers, Regional and super regional malls, near colleges, universities, theatres, etc., Conversions.
BusinessType (corp., franchise, jv): Franchise
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Special Requirements (patio, drive-thru, etc): Minimum trade area of 30,000 aged 20 to 50 years. Median household income of $35,000 or greater. Minimum daily traffic count of 25,000 vehicles.
Contact Name: Richard W. Akam - CEO American Restaurant Concepts Inc.
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PARENT COMPANY: American Restaurant Concepts Inc.Lafayette, Louisiana
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Last Report: Restaurant & QSR Expansion Report #116 Last Update:
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