Fast Casual: Famous Toastery Relaunches Franchise Opportunities

According to Fast Casual, Famous Toastery is poised to grow out of its home market of Charlotte, expanding into South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, and two of its executives are taking their own pieces of the action. CFO Adam Gordon, for example, owns two locations, and the chain's executive chef Julio Heras, owns two as well.

"We are focusing on opening new locations with franchise partners rather than growing corporately," CEO Robert Maynard told Fast Casual. "We want everyone to have a profit and to figure out their goals and how to hit their goals. We didn't have that before, and our role in the corporate office is to help support our franchisees to achieve those goals."