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title: "Arizona Daily Star and Tucson.com: Checkers & Rally's Pushes its Way into Tuscon"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/35bdd357-10b0-4778-864d-8d3e43923bee
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/arizona-daily-star-and-tucsoncom-checkers-rallys-pushes-its-way-into-tuscon-4936
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
published: 2016-06-14T22:17:08.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:18:39.163Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/57ad87cb2b7f861e7e9c73fda3408f174779160614174408.jpeg
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# Arizona Daily Star and Tucson.com: Checkers & Rally's Pushes its Way into Tuscon

**TL;DR:** Checkers & Rally's aims to expand to 22 locations in Tucson, targeting the value-driven customer base in the hardworking community. The brand hopes to ramp up to 22 locations in the coming decade.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-06-14. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/arizona-daily-star-and-tucsoncom-checkers-rallys-pushes-its-way-into-tuscon-4936).*

## Story

Checkers & Rally's sees great potential in the Tucson market, and hopes to ramp up to as much as 22 locations in the coming decade.

The brand feels that with its value-driven customer base, the hardworking community of Tucson is the perfect target for expansion.

"Those are hard-working people who value each dollar they make, and that’s the consumer that really, really tends to gravitate towards Rally’s and Checkers,” Checkers & Rally's Director of Franchise Development Robert Bhagwandat told the Arizona Daily Star.

Checkers & Rally's has restaurants in the Yuma and Phoenix area, and hopes to be in Tucson in Summer or Fall 2017.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise development (topic)
- location expansion (topic)
- Checkers (company)
- Tucson (location)
- Robert Bhagwandat (person)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/arizona-daily-star-and-tucsoncom-checkers-rallys-pushes-its-way-into-tuscon-4936). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/35bdd357-10b0-4778-864d-8d3e43923bee).