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title: "Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Fuels Multinational Franchise Development in Q4"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/6ae397cb-94d5-46ec-9e6e-d34d8c1d66ae
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20210115_dickeys_barbecue_pit_fuels_multinational_franchise_development_in_q4.html
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2021-01-15T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:06.802Z
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# Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Fuels Multinational Franchise Development in Q4

**TL;DR:** Dickey's Barbecue Pit finished 2020 with an agreement to bring its slow-smoked barbecue to Singapore, marking its fifth international franchise expansion of the year. The brand opened 18 new locations and signed 16 franchise deals in Q4, including 14 ghost kitchens.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2021-01-15. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20210115_dickeys_barbecue_pit_fuels_multinational_franchise_development_in_q4.html).*

## Story

The world’s largest barbecue concept finished 2020 with an agreement to bring Dickey’s slow-smoked barbecue to the Central Business District in Singapore. The announcement is the fifth installment of international franchise expansion executed this year, following development agreements in Australia, Japan, Myanmar and the Philippines.

Throughout 2020, ghost kitchens have become a key franchising opportunity for Dickey’s. After launching the nontraditional franchise model in August, Dickey’s opened its first two of eight ghost kitchens in the San Francisco Bay area in November. By the end of December, Dickey’s opened three more ghost kitchens in Chicago, Illinois; Oakland, California; and Orlando, Florida.

In Q4 alone, the Texas-style barbecue brand opened 18 new locations and signed 16 franchise deals to add 14 ghost kitchens, one brick-and-mortar and one delivery carry-out model to its portfolio.

“We’ve remained committed to pursuing excellence and expansion even in the face of this unimaginable time, and I believe the momentum of our resilience is positioning our brand for new heights as we enter our monumental 80th year in operations,” said Laura Rea Dickey, CEO of Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise development (topic)
- international expansion (topic)
- Chicago (location)
- Orlando (location)
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit (company)
- Australia (location)
- Laura Rea Dickey (person)
- Japan (location)
- Singapore (location)
- Philippines (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20210115_dickeys_barbecue_pit_fuels_multinational_franchise_development_in_q4.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/6ae397cb-94d5-46ec-9e6e-d34d8c1d66ae).