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title: "Fort Mill Times: First Time Franchisees Grow the Dairy Queen® Brand in North Carolina"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5dd35563-413f-4573-8678-c97442533451
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fort-mill-times-first-time-franchisees-grow-the-dairy-queen-brand-in-north-carolina-10665
category: "Snacks & dessert"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Snacks & dessert"
published: 2017-03-03T21:16:58.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:35:30.817Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/9da7465927386b863537244427c00e208885.jpg
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# Fort Mill Times: First Time Franchisees Grow the Dairy Queen® Brand in North Carolina

**TL;DR:** First-time franchisees Brian Murray and Rocky Romano are growing the Dairy Queen brand in North Carolina. They have opened a new DQ Grill & Chill restaurant in Tega Cay and plan to add future locations in the Rock Hill area.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-03-03. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fort-mill-times-first-time-franchisees-grow-the-dairy-queen-brand-in-north-carolina-10665).*

## Story

Two years ago, Brian Murray and his family moved to the Lake Norman, North Carolina area and fell in love with the region. So Murray and his business partner Rocky Romano began scouting sites to open their very first *Dairy Queen*® location and landed on Tega Cay.

They felt the area was a perfect fit for their budding business plans.

The two recently celebrated their new *DQ Grill & Chill*® restaurant's opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and unveiled their plans to add future locations to the Rock Hill area.

“We want to make sure we continue to grow,” Romano said. “We want to find the best place to best serve the need in Rock Hill.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- Dairy Queen (company)
- new locations (topic)
- Rock Hill (location)
- first time franchisees (topic)
- Tega Cay (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fort-mill-times-first-time-franchisees-grow-the-dairy-queen-brand-in-north-carolina-10665). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5dd35563-413f-4573-8678-c97442533451).