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title: "Canadian Poutine Franchise Eyes 800 Locations in America"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/a1978aea-3120-4022-a428-af5a316961a3
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/canadian-poutine-franchise-eyes-800-locations-in-america-1612
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2015-05-11T21:16:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:16:16.929Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc4285.png
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# Canadian Poutine Franchise Eyes 800 Locations in America

**TL;DR:** Smoke's Poutinerie plans to open 800 locations in the U.S. over the next five years. The Canadian franchise specializes in poutine and has 100 units open in Canada.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-05-11. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/canadian-poutine-franchise-eyes-800-locations-in-america-1612).*

## Story

1851’s deep and abiding love for poutine is well-documented. In fact, we’ve previously gone so far as to describe the lack of poutine options in America as criminal.

Well, it appears the potato gods have heard our pleas.

Smoke’s Poutinerie, a Canadian franchise specializing in, you guessed it, poutine, has announced plans to open 800 locations in the U.S. over the next five years. This is in addition to opening 1,300 locations around the globe over the same time period.

According to Franchise Times, Smoke’s Poutinerie has 100 units open in Canada, where fans of the franchise are drawn to its 30 poutine variations.

Whether or not demand will be high enough in America to support 800 locations remains to be seen, but our office is more than willing to hand over its hard-earned cash in exchange for some expertly prepared poutine.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Franchise Times (publication)
- canada (location)
- United States (location)
- global expansion (topic)
- Smoke's Poutinerie (company)
- poutine demand (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/canadian-poutine-franchise-eyes-800-locations-in-america-1612). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a1978aea-3120-4022-a428-af5a316961a3).