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title: "NRN: Eggs Up Grill Names Ricky Richardson CEO"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/70920f8f-cf27-4c3f-9d4b-9312984b62bb
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nrn-eggs-up-grill-names-ricky-richardson-ceo-2707048
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit","People"]
published: 2018-07-05T16:11:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:02:35.067Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/1a7a48e331b5441a13508e35f6cdd0de2706.jpg
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# NRN: Eggs Up Grill Names Ricky Richardson CEO

**TL;DR:** Ricky Richardson has been appointed as the new CEO of Eggs Up Grill. Richardson is a franchise industry veteran who has worked with TGI Fridays for over 20 years.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-07-05. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nrn-eggs-up-grill-names-ricky-richardson-ceo-2707048).*

## Story

In March, Spartanburg, South Carolina-based private-equity firm WJ Partners purchased Eggs Up Grill, a Southern breakfast-and-lunch franchise. This week, according to an article in Nation’s Restaurant News , the new owners announced the appointment of Ricky Richardson as the franchise’s new CEO.

A franchise industry veteran, Richardson has worked with TGI Fridays for more than 20 years, most recently as the brand’s U.S. president and COO.

“Having a leader of Ricky’s caliber and experience will allow us to take the brand to the next level,” said Jaime Wall, Managing Partner of WJ Partners, in a statement. “His particular expertise in helping founder-led, franchised restaurants realize their next stage of growth will be of tremendous value as we leverage the increasing popularity of breakfast-based concepts and attract new franchise partners to our family.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise growth (topic)
- private equity (topic)
- ceo appointment (topic)
- Eggs Up Grill (company)
- TGI Fridays (company)
- Ricky Richardson (person)
- WJ Partners acquisition of Eggs Up Grill (deal)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nrn-eggs-up-grill-names-ricky-richardson-ceo-2707048). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/70920f8f-cf27-4c3f-9d4b-9312984b62bb).