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title: "Muscle Maker’s Pokemoto Division Signs New Franchise Agreement, Enters Mississippi Market"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/be67ee98-054f-47c3-9aae-66193f7590aa
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20211130_muscle_makers_pokemoto_division_signs_new_franchise_agreement_enters_missis.html
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2021-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:13:46.135Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1568901346375-23c9450c58cd?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Muscle Maker’s Pokemoto Division Signs New Franchise Agreement, Enters Mississippi Market

**TL;DR:** Muscle Maker's Pokemoto division has signed a franchise agreement to enter the Mississippi market, with its first location in Oxford. This agreement represents the brand's first location in the state.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2021-11-30. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20211130_muscle_makers_pokemoto_division_signs_new_franchise_agreement_enters_missis.html).*

## Story

LEAGUE CITY, TEX., Nov. 30, 2021 // GLOBE NEWSWIRE // - via NewMediaWire - Muscle Maker, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: GRIL) newest subsidiary Pokemoto, a poke bowl concept, today announced that it has signed a franchise deal in Oxford Mississippi. This agreement represents the brand’s first location in Mississippi. Recently, Pokemoto announced a partnership agreement with Franserve.

The six aforementioned agreements were signed in New York and in Hampshire County Massachusetts. Pokemoto already has university locations near Yale University, Fairfield University, University of Connecticut Stamford, University of New Haven, Southern Connecticut State College, Quinnipiac University and Franklin Pierce University.

Muscle Maker, Inc. recently added Pokemoto, the trendy instagrammable brand to its healthier-for-you line up of concepts under its belt.

SOURCE Muscle Maker, Inc.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise agreement (topic)
- market entry (topic)
- Mississippi (location)
- FranServe (company)
- Oxford, Mississippi (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20211130_muscle_makers_pokemoto_division_signs_new_franchise_agreement_enters_missis.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/be67ee98-054f-47c3-9aae-66193f7590aa).