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title: "Columbus Business First: Rally's Plans Columbus Expansion with New Model"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/6bd73738-96b8-4244-bebe-d44c3151795f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/columbus-business-first-rallys-plans-columbus-expansion-with-new-model-8899
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2016-12-28T20:15:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:11:56.321Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/2a0e33e6243bea395d2baa99331bff2d7506.jpg
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# Columbus Business First: Rally's Plans Columbus Expansion with New Model

**TL;DR:** Checkers & Rally's introduces a new model with environmentally friendly shipping containers to speed up growth in target development markets like Columbus, Ohio. The new model reduces construction timeline and is less expensive.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-12-28. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/columbus-business-first-rallys-plans-columbus-expansion-with-new-model-8899).*

## Story

A new model being introduced by Checkers & Rally's has the ability to speed up the brand's growth in target development markets, such as Columbus, Ohio.

According to Columbus Business First, this new model includes a build-out option that utilizes environmentally friendly former shipping containers and significantly reduces the construction timeline.

“We see this as a way to build faster and to be less expensive,” Checkers & Rally's Director of Franchise Development, Bruce Kim told Columbus Business First.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Checkers (company)
- Rally's (company)
- Columbus (location)
- environmentally friendly (topic)
- new model (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/columbus-business-first-rallys-plans-columbus-expansion-with-new-model-8899). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/6bd73738-96b8-4244-bebe-d44c3151795f).