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title: "Nation’s Restaurant News: Noodles & Company Looks to Franchising for the Future"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5b74db4f-73a0-4bfa-8975-741c85657f0f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-noodles-company-looks-to-franchising-for-the-future-10286
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
published: 2017-02-14T14:09:10.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:35:34.031Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/be1430e55afb9fa6d3d4022c7a72f46e2580.jpg
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# Nation’s Restaurant News: Noodles & Company Looks to Franchising for the Future

**TL;DR:** Noodles & Company plans to franchise in the near future and close underperforming locations. The brand currently has 455 locations with 73 franchised units.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-02-14. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-noodles-company-looks-to-franchising-for-the-future-10286).*

## Story

After suffering from a data breach and financial losses last year, Noodles & Company is looking to franchise in the near future. According to a recent Nation’s Restaurant News article, the brand currently has 455 locations with 73 franchised units, and is looking to close 55 underperforming locations in the first half of this year.

“We’re over 85-percent company owned,” said Noodles & Company interim CEO Dave Boennighausen. “We expect franchise restaurants will occupy a larger proportion of our restaurant portfolio.”

A typical Noodles & Company restaurant produces just under $1.1 trillion in average unit volumes, while the restaurants that are being closed are generating $700,000.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchising (topic)
- Noodles & Company (company)
- location closure (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-noodles-company-looks-to-franchising-for-the-future-10286). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5b74db4f-73a0-4bfa-8975-741c85657f0f).