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title: "Dave’s Hot Chicken signs 15-unit agreement with multi-unit operators"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/377523a4-4439-43b8-8e23-eed131e0c15f
source: "Global Franchise"
original_url: https://www.global-franchise.com/news/daves-hot-chicken-signs-15-unit-agreement-with-multi-unit-operators
author: "Raghav Patel"
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2022-01-10T09:31:01.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T16:11:30.933Z
image: https://cdn.global-franchise.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Daves_Hot_Chicken_-_include_this.jpeg
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# Dave’s Hot Chicken signs 15-unit agreement with multi-unit operators

**TL;DR:** Dave's Hot Chicken has signed a 15-unit franchise agreement with brothers Dave, Curt, Mike and Gary Staab to open locations in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. The brand, founded by Dave Kopushyan in 2017, has grown to 21 locations across the U.S.

*By Raghav Patel, originally published in Global Franchise on 2022-01-10. [Read the original](https://www.global-franchise.com/news/daves-hot-chicken-signs-15-unit-agreement-with-multi-unit-operators).*

## Story

Dave’s Hot Chicken has announced the signing of a 15-unit franchise agreement with brothers Dave, Curt, Mike and Gary Staab to open 15 locations throughout Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Most of the locations will open in Kansas City, Lincoln and Omaha areas.

“I’m thrilled to bring our rapidly growing brand to new markets with such qualified operators like the Staabs,” said Bill Phelps, CEO of Dave’s Hot Chicken.

“With their multi-unit operating knowledge and strong ties to the Kansas City, Lincoln and Omaha areas, they are the ideal partners for us to grow with.”

“We first fell in love with Dave’s Hot Chicken because of the quality of the product and the passion that they have for making the food. It truly is unmatched compared to others in the chicken category,” said Dave Staab.

“Our family can’t wait to introduce the flair and excitement of Dave’s to the Kansas City, Lincoln and Omaha dining scenes.”

The Staabs have extensive experience in running multiple units through their ownership and operation of 67 Pizza Hut locations throughout Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Minnesota and Curt previously operated 12 Wendy’s locations. Mike’s experience is in commercial real estate, while Gary has extensive business acumen and knowledge of the Kansas City area.

The brand was founded by Dave Kopushyan and three friends in early 2017. It started out as a parking lot pop-up, and has now grown to 21 locations across the U.S.

## Entities

- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Global Franchise (publication)
- franchise agreement (topic)
- Wendy's (company)
- Pizza Hut (company)
- Raghav Patel (person)
- qsr (topic)
- multi-unit operators (topic)
- Dave's Hot Chicken (company)
- missouri (location)
- Kansas (location)

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Originally reported by Raghav Patel, Global Franchise (https://www.global-franchise.com/news/daves-hot-chicken-signs-15-unit-agreement-with-multi-unit-operators). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/377523a4-4439-43b8-8e23-eed131e0c15f).