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title: "Young Ones to Watch: Sarah Klaassen, Co-Founder of Hendough"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b0d50764-a9b3-4911-abce-6774ecaea1e3
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/young-ones-to-watch-sarah-klaassen-co-founder-of-hendough-2716947
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2021-10-22T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:14:03.713Z
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# Young Ones to Watch: Sarah Klaassen, Co-Founder of Hendough

**TL;DR:** Sarah Klaassen, co-founder of Hendough, is helping grow the brand throughout the South. Hendough is a chicken and doughnut franchise concept that is expanding in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-10-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/young-ones-to-watch-sarah-klaassen-co-founder-of-hendough-2716947).*

## Story

Sarah Klaassen is the co-founder of North Carolina-based chicken and doughnut franchise Hendough, a comfort food concept that is quickly becoming an icon in the South. Klaassen has been working in restaurants since she was a teenager, either cooking, serving, bartending, attending culinary school or working as a fine-dining chef. Her husband Paul comes from a very similar background, and when the two decided to start a business, they easily settled on their favorite southern food combo: fresh, made-from-scratch chicken and doughnuts.

Today, Klaassen is helping grow the Hendough brand throughout the South so that incoming franchisees will be close enough to benefit from her and her husband’s hands-on support. The brand is currently looking to expand in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. She loves the idea of franchising because it allows her to work with driven individuals like herself.

“We can’t be locals everywhere, so franchising is a unique opportunity to grow our brand and know that the business owner cares just as much as we do about Hendough,” she said.

Her biggest piece of advice to young entrepreneurs who are interested in business ownership or franchising: Ingrain yourself in your local community.

“Always look for ways to help your community, and you will get that support back,” she said.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- Florida (location)
- entrepreneurship (topic)
- north carolina (location)
- Georgia (location)
- Tennessee (location)
- south carolina (location)
- comfort food (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/young-ones-to-watch-sarah-klaassen-co-founder-of-hendough-2716947). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b0d50764-a9b3-4911-abce-6774ecaea1e3).