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title: "Dill Dinkers™ Signs First Four Leases with Franchisees"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2ca44c9b-35b8-4d51-b4d8-ac252f54a156
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20240328_dill_dinkers_signs_first_four_leases_with_franchisees.html
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2024-03-28T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T19:55:16.372Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1497366216548-37526070297c?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Dill Dinkers™ Signs First Four Leases with Franchisees

**TL;DR:** Dill Dinkers has signed its first four franchised leases with locations in South Carolina, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. The brand has signed developers in multiple states since its franchise launch in September 2023.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2024-03-28. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20240328_dill_dinkers_signs_first_four_leases_with_franchisees.html).*

## Story

The group has signed its franchise locations at Club #1007, 500 Bushy Hill Rd Simsbury, Connecticut 06070, and Club #1008, 95 Matthews Dr. Unit B in Hilton Head, South Carolina 29928.

Spearheading the Pennsylvania locations is regional developer Andrew Wakefield and his father, who have committed to developing 14 locations across Southeast Pennsylvania. The first Dill Dinkers locations they are developing to franchise are located in Montgomery County, at Club #1011, 1180 Church Road Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446, and Club #1021, 330 S Warminster Road Hatboro, Pennsylvania.

“We are thrilled to be on our way to opening our first franchise locations in three new territories,” said Dr. Ben Litalien, Chief Development Officer.

In just a year since its inception in November of 2022 in Columbia, Maryland, Dill Dinkers has locations in Maryland and since the announcement of its franchise launch in September 2023, the brand has signed developers in Texas, Washington D.C., North Carolina, Connecticut, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Arizona, Western Maryland, Northern Virginia and Pennsylvania.

“We started Dill Dinkers because of our passion for the sport and the community it has provided us,” said Co-Founder and CEO Will Richards, alongside his wife Denise, Co-Founder, and COO, who brings his own franchise owner-operator experience to the table as a former Domino’s multi-unit franchisee.

Delivering a quality professional experience, each facility is equipped with a pro pickleball director and offers paddles, nets, and other high-quality products through its national brand partnership with JOOLA and ample indoor space for six to 12 courts. Owner-operators can also take advantage of the brand's partnership with Strategic Factory and its national partnership with pro athlete Collin Johns.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- Domino's (company)
- Pennsylvania (location)
- south carolina (location)
- Strategic Franchising Systems (company)
- Connecticut (location)
- regional development (topic)
- Dill Dinkers (company)
- Dr. Ben Litalien (person)
- Will Richards (person)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20240328_dill_dinkers_signs_first_four_leases_with_franchisees.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2ca44c9b-35b8-4d51-b4d8-ac252f54a156).