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title: "Russo’s pizza brands bound for Texas"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/c3271461-5b92-4b6e-8746-d5e20851e3de
source: "Global Franchise"
original_url: https://www.global-franchise.com/news/russos-pizza-brands-bound-for-texas
author: "Global Franchise Team"
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2018-06-20T09:57:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:32:58.651Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1561758033-d89a9ad46330?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Russo’s pizza brands bound for Texas

**TL;DR:** Russo's Restaurants is expanding into Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio through an agreement with Zafar 'Jeff' Moosa, who will operate both Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen and Russo's New York Pizzeria outlets. The expansion is part of the company's rapid growth in Texas and beyond, according to CEO Anthony Russo.

*By Global Franchise Team, originally published in Global Franchise on 2018-06-20. [Read the original](https://www.global-franchise.com/news/russos-pizza-brands-bound-for-texas).*

## Story

1. News

2. Russo’s pizza brands bound for Texas

Russo’s Restaurants is to expand into Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio, following the signing of an agreement with experienced franchising entrepreneur Zafar “Jeff” Moosa, who will operate both Russo’s Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen and Russo’s New York Pizzeria outlets.

CEO Anthony Russo said, “Our current pace of growth in Texas and beyond is unprecedented for our brands. With Jeff’s business acumen behind the Russo’s brand, we are equipped to introduce our concepts to more families, friends and business associates.”

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## Entities

- Restaurants (sector)
- Global Franchise (publication)
- international expansion (topic)
- James Fell (person)
- Dallas (location)
- qsr industry (topic)
- San Antonio (location)
- texas expansion (topic)
- master franchise investment (topic)
- Fort Worth (location)
- Russo's New York Pizzeria (company)

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Originally reported by Global Franchise Team, Global Franchise (https://www.global-franchise.com/news/russos-pizza-brands-bound-for-texas). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/c3271461-5b92-4b6e-8746-d5e20851e3de).