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title: "Nation’s Restaurant News: Capriotti’s Acquires Three Franchising Veterans As Investors"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/98a8ad1e-56ed-47d6-8a4e-a06f82d48ba8
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-capriottis-acquires-three-franchising-veterans-as-investors-5753
category: "Sandwich & sub"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Sandwich & sub"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit","Finance & M&A"]
published: 2016-09-07T21:16:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:22:37.596Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/f42ea6fa4c32efd7b2d35190e23d13c52853160907152442.jpg
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# Nation’s Restaurant News: Capriotti’s Acquires Three Franchising Veterans As Investors

**TL;DR:** Capriotti's acquires three franchise industry veterans as investors in 103-unit chain.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-09-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-capriottis-acquires-three-franchising-veterans-as-investors-5753).*

## Story

is betting big on three investors that are veterans in the franchise industry. According to a recent Nation’s Restaurant News article , David Barr, a Yum! Brands Inc. franchisee and board member at Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc., along with JD and Shelly Sun, founders of the home health agency BrightStar Care, have invested in 103-unit Capriotti’s.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-capriottis-acquires-three-franchising-veterans-as-investors-5753). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/98a8ad1e-56ed-47d6-8a4e-a06f82d48ba8).