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title: "Crain’s Dallas: Checkers & Rally’s to Ramp Up North Texas Presence"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b6705a28-3164-4c83-b5b2-f28adf91e984
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/crains-dallas-checkers-rallys-to-ramp-up-north-texas-presence-9242
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
published: 2017-01-10T22:17:27.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:12:29.156Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/4fcfca0b4dce06c17a2968a08338b2471163.jpg
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# Crain’s Dallas: Checkers & Rally’s to Ramp Up North Texas Presence

**TL;DR:** Checkers & Rally's plans to add 10-15 locations in North Texas in 2018, after opening its first location in the Dallas-Fort Worth market in 2017. The brand aims to eventually have around 100 units in the area.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-01-10. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/crains-dallas-checkers-rallys-to-ramp-up-north-texas-presence-9242).*

## Story

Checkers & Rally's is working to develop its first Dallas-Fort Worth presence by adding a location in the market in 2017. Once it's able to identify a franchisee and build its first location in the city, the QSR giant will work to add another 10-15 locations in 2018 as it strives to fit what could add up to be around 100 units in Dallas.

Checkers & Rally's Director of Franchise Development Bruce Kim noted that the area is swarming with burger places, but said the quality of Checkers' product and the value to go along with it is what separates them. Kim told Crain's Dallas that he's already in the process of scouting out locations in Garland, Mesquite, Fort Worth, and Denton.

And, since Checkers restaurants are about 1,000 square feet on average with an even smaller prototype restaurant in development, the burger brand can build a great number of units quicker.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise development (topic)
- Checkers (company)
- Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (location)
- Fort Worth (location)
- qsr market (topic)
- Denton (location)
- Mesquite (location)
- Garland (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/crains-dallas-checkers-rallys-to-ramp-up-north-texas-presence-9242). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b6705a28-3164-4c83-b5b2-f28adf91e984).