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title: "Checkers Finally Coming to New England"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/a7e3b16c-90ca-4084-9c76-57048cf5af4a
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/checkers-finally-coming-to-new-england-1325
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
published: 2015-03-20T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:16:23.791Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8324ac8fa6a09aaace4eafc6729c845a2271.jpg
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# Checkers Finally Coming to New England

**TL;DR:** Checkers is expanding to New England with a new location planned in Rhode Island. The brand's vice president of franchise development, Jennifer Durham, announced the plans after a change in distribution partners at the end of 2014.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-03-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/checkers-finally-coming-to-new-england-1325).*

## Story

Whether you wanted to enjoy a Checkers burger or open up a Checkers franchise, if you lived in Rhode Island, you were out of luck. However, thanks to a change in distribution partners at the tail end of 2014, that’s no longer the case.

Jennifer Durham, vice president of franchise development for Checkers and Rally’s restaurants, recently told Rhode Island’s WPRO the brand is eyeing Little Rhody for a new location. In short, residents of The Ocean State may no longer have to make a run to New York to enjoy everything Checkers has to offer.

“Since we made that change in distribution our focus has been to grow the New England market more aggressively,” Durham told WPRO. She went on to say the brand hopes to have a Checkers open in Rhode Island by this time next year.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- new location (topic)
- Checkers (company)
- Rally's (company)
- Rhode Island (location)
- Jennifer Durham (person)
- distribution partners (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/checkers-finally-coming-to-new-england-1325). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a7e3b16c-90ca-4084-9c76-57048cf5af4a).