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title: "Dallas Business Journal: MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes Eyes Growth Under New Leadership"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/127f3756-1236-4197-9861-b760baec8109
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/dallas-business-journal-mooyah-burgers-fries-shakes-eyes-growth-under-new-leadership-12162
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2017-05-11T02:21:45.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:49.595Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/63a86758d353dd6081fcafbb5e48a6a99513.jpg
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# Dallas Business Journal: MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes Eyes Growth Under New Leadership

**TL;DR:** MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes was acquired by an affiliate of Balmoral Funds LLC and Gala Capital Partners, LLC. The new ownership aims to build current infrastructure and support franchisees.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-05-11. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/dallas-business-journal-mooyah-burgers-fries-shakes-eyes-growth-under-new-leadership-12162).*

## Story

MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes is under new ownership. As was reported recently in the Dallas Business Journal, the Dallas-based better burger franchise brand was acquired by an affiliate of Balmoral Funds LLC and Gala Capital Partners, LLC.

"It felt like bringing in some outside eyes and access to capital would allow us to build current infrastructure to better support our franchisees, and also venture out and look for new franchisees," Michael Mabry, President & COO of MOOYAH, told the Dallas Business Journal.

Anand Gala, President & CEO of Gala Corporation brings extensive experience in the franchise industry to the company along with the capital to aid in future growth for MOOYAH.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise growth (topic)
- private equity (topic)
- MOOYAH (company)
- Michael Mabry (person)
- Anand Gala (person)
- Gala Capital Partners (company)
- Gala Capital Partners acquisition of MOOYAH (deal)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/dallas-business-journal-mooyah-burgers-fries-shakes-eyes-growth-under-new-leadership-12162). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/127f3756-1236-4197-9861-b760baec8109).