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title: "Chief Development Officer of FAT Brands Gives Insight to Where the Brand is Looking to Grow and Why"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/a29ee8b8-fbee-4c27-a92e-644f6b721ef2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/chief-development-officer-of-fat-brands-gives-insight-to-where-the-brand-is-looking-to-grow-and-why-2719088
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","People"]
published: 2022-07-22T19:14:14.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:37:11.692Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/88b700fcef2526d019e1d616a1ae466b8982.jpg
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# Chief Development Officer of FAT Brands Gives Insight to Where the Brand is Looking to Grow and Why

**TL;DR:** FAT Brands has an 850-unit pipeline and offers 17 different restaurant brands for franchisees to develop their businesses. The company acts as a one-stop shop for franchisees to grow in their markets.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-07-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/chief-development-officer-of-fat-brands-gives-insight-to-where-the-brand-is-looking-to-grow-and-why-2719088).*

## Story

In this interview, Wiederhorn discusses the state of the franchise giant including an 850 unit pipeline that is going under construction over the next five to ten years. Wiederhorn goes on to discuss how FAT Brands acts as a one stop shop for franchisees to develop their franchise businesses in their markets with their unique offering of 17 different restaurant brands.

Wiederhorn then dives deeper into the history of the enterprise and the ah ha moment that took them into the world of franchising.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise development (topic)
- Fat Brands (company)
- restaurant brands (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/chief-development-officer-of-fat-brands-gives-insight-to-where-the-brand-is-looking-to-grow-and-why-2719088). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a29ee8b8-fbee-4c27-a92e-644f6b721ef2).