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title: "The Herald: Dairy Queen Grows in the Carolinas"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/053d2aea-c539-4f8e-bdfa-05f377ab4ff6
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-herald-dairy-queen-grows-in-the-carolinas-10536
category: "Snacks & dessert"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Snacks & dessert"
published: 2017-02-21T20:15:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:10:14.364Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/26a10dfd6601e2fed79c5cba91e504d32619.jpg
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# The Herald: Dairy Queen Grows in the Carolinas

**TL;DR:** Dairy Queen has expanded into the Carolinas with two new locations in the Rock Hill area. The new locations are part of the plans of franchisees Brian Murray and Rocky Romano to grow their business in the region.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-02-21. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-herald-dairy-queen-grows-in-the-carolinas-10536).*

## Story

Two years ago, Brian Murray and his family moved to the Lake Norman, N.C., area and fell in love with the region. Brian and his business partner Rocky Romano began scouting sites to open their very first Dairy Queen locations and landed on Tega Cay.

They felt the area was a perfect fit for their budding business plans.

On Friday morning, the two celebrated their new DQ Grill & Chill restaurant's opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and unveiled their plans to add future locations to the Rock Hill area.

“We want to make sure we continue to grow,” Romano said. “We want to find the best place to best serve the need in Rock Hill.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise development (topic)
- location growth (topic)
- Dairy Queen (company)
- Rock Hill (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-herald-dairy-queen-grows-in-the-carolinas-10536). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/053d2aea-c539-4f8e-bdfa-05f377ab4ff6).