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title: "Centre Daily Times: Checkers Targets State College, Pennsylvania Location For Expansion"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/339505f3-484c-41c9-9915-2db73667d21d
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/centre-daily-times-checkers-targets-state-college-pennsylvania-location-for-expansion-2872
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2015-11-13T19:14:38.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:59:53.113Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/ce61ef650552618599b9c8cfbb04e9d85337151113144952.jpeg
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# Centre Daily Times: Checkers Targets State College, Pennsylvania Location For Expansion

**TL;DR:** Checkers is expanding into State College, Pennsylvania, and is seeking franchisees to bring the brand to the area. The company requires a minimum of $250,000 in liquidity and $500,000 in net worth to join the Checkers team.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-11-13. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/centre-daily-times-checkers-targets-state-college-pennsylvania-location-for-expansion-2872).*

## Story

Checkers continues to see incredible growth throughout the country, and is now targeting the State College, Pennsylvania-area for development. The *Centre Daily Times* recently spoke with Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer Jennifer Durham about Checkers and potential plans in State College.

According to the piece, Checkers is looking for franchisees to bring the brand to the area.

Said Durham to the *Times*, “There’s no Checkers in the market there, which presents a great opportunity to come in and own the market... It’s also a really nice convergence of the working class and Penn State populations that has proven through competition that it’s a burger loving market.”

In order to join the Checkers team, potential franchise partners would need a minimum of $250,000 in liquidity and a minimum $500,000 in net worth.

Also, according to Durham, potential franchisees are not required to commit to owning multiple restaurants, saying that prospective owners could sign to open a single location and choose to expand later.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Checkers (company)
- franchisee recruitment (topic)
- Jennifer Durham (person)
- location targeting (topic)
- State College, Pennsylvania (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/centre-daily-times-checkers-targets-state-college-pennsylvania-location-for-expansion-2872). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/339505f3-484c-41c9-9915-2db73667d21d).