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title: "3 Chains Making Seafood More Approachable"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d1e2d34f-e584-453f-9b38-7e2dbbc77713
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/shuckinshack/3-chains-making-seafood-more-approachable-2710031
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
published: 2020-01-23T21:16:10.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:28:32.350Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/bb96e55deef06e5b7cab228ce21db7301672.jpg
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# 3 Chains Making Seafood More Approachable

**TL;DR:** Shuckin' Shack, a fast-casual seafood franchise, has seen success with average unit volumes around $1 million and same-store sales up 20% in Q1 2019. The chain has 16 units and is based in North Carolina.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-01-23. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/shuckinshack/3-chains-making-seafood-more-approachable-2710031).*

## Story

Seafood fans are enjoying more options with a recent increase in the appetite for fast casual and QSR seafood concepts like Shuckin' Shack - a 16 unit franchise out of North Carolina. Nation's Restaurant News recently covered the booming fast casual seafood segment and Shuckin' Shack's success with AUV's around $1-million and rising, and same store sales up 20 percent in Q1 of 2019. “We’ve seen the space grow significantly in the 12 years we’ve been around,” Jonathan Weathington, CEO of Shuckin’ Shack, told NRN.

“Because consumers are being more health conscious, they’re learning there’s a lot of benefit to eating things from the ocean.” To read the entire article, click here.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- fast casual (topic)
- north carolina (location)
- Shuckin' Shack (company)
- Jonathan Weathington (person)
- seafood concepts (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/shuckinshack/3-chains-making-seafood-more-approachable-2710031). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d1e2d34f-e584-453f-9b38-7e2dbbc77713).