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title: "Shoney’s Franchise Opportunities Expand to North Carolina"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/48287a04-dc19-4f6a-8d75-b2bcd4b9e4df
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/shoneys-franchise-opportunities-expand-to-north-carolina-2707472
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2018-08-13T18:13:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:57.541Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/299066fad7825620fb28f0d7762aaf07349.jpg
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# Shoney’s Franchise Opportunities Expand to North Carolina

**TL;DR:** Shoney's Restaurants is offering franchise opportunities in North Carolina, with a new restaurant scheduled to open in Waynesville in the fall. The chain plans to open new restaurants in strategic areas in the state.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-13. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/shoneys-franchise-opportunities-expand-to-north-carolina-2707472).*

## Story

Shoney’s Restaurants is now offering franchise opportunities in the state of North Carolina, according to a press release.

The casual dining chain is located primarily throughout the South and the Midwest. A new restaurant is scheduled to open in the fall in Waynesville, North Carolina, and the chain plans to open new restaurants in “strategic areas” in the state, according to the press release.

"Over the past 70 years, many of our franchisees have opened restaurants, created jobs, boosted the local economy, and have done some remarkable things for their state as a whole," Shoney’s chairman and CEO David Davoudpour said in the press release. "We are looking to do the same exact thing in North Carolina."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- location expansion (topic)
- franchise opportunities (topic)
- north carolina (location)
- David Davoudpour (person)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/shoneys-franchise-opportunities-expand-to-north-carolina-2707472). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/48287a04-dc19-4f6a-8d75-b2bcd4b9e4df).