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title: "Fort Worth Business Press: Saladworks makes DFW debut"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2dd0297b-d745-43eb-89fc-a6badc636853
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fort-worth-business-press-saladworks-makes-dfw-debut-2706243
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2018-04-10T23:18:21.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:09:25.846Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/91b56135402211496abee07333a9cb347451.jpg
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# Fort Worth Business Press: Saladworks makes DFW debut

**TL;DR:** Saladworks is expanding to Dallas-Fort Worth with its first two locations set to open early Summer 2018. The fast-casual salad franchise used data analytics to identify the region's potential for expansion.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-04-10. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fort-worth-business-press-saladworks-makes-dfw-debut-2706243).*

## Story

Franchise brand Saladworks is expanding to Dallas-Fort Worth with its first two locations set to open early Summer 2018 at Gateway Plaza in Southlake and Fort Worth's Citadel complex. The fast-casual salad franchise applied data analytics to gain greater insight into market demographics, unveiling the region's ripe opportunity for expansion as population increase drives big demand.

Said Sugrue to the Fort Worth Business Press, “I find [D-FW] is kind of like they say about going on Broadway, ‘If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere,’” Sugrue said. “For us, D-FW is so important because if we can compete and demonstrate a relevance of our menu and our service model and our brand in D-FW, I feel very good about where else we can take this brand.”

To open a Saladworks, the start-up costs range from $498,089 to $592,190.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- menu pricing (topic)
- fast casual (topic)
- Saladworks (company)
- Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (location)
- market demographics (topic)
- Gateway Plaza (location)
- Fort Worth's Citadel complex (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fort-worth-business-press-saladworks-makes-dfw-debut-2706243). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2dd0297b-d745-43eb-89fc-a6badc636853).