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title: "Charlotte Business Journal: HenDough Chicken and Donuts Targets Charlotte for Expansion"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d56e6ddb-c7ec-42f4-a2fa-8b91f5e63e22
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/charlotte-business-journal-hendough-chicken-and-donuts-targets-charlotte-for-expansion-2716177
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2021-07-13T15:10:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:13:40.128Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/391b6ea28fb9566f22ff2f1ca796dafb4202.jpg
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# Charlotte Business Journal: HenDough Chicken and Donuts Targets Charlotte for Expansion

**TL;DR:** HenDough Chicken and Donuts plans to expand its franchise to Charlotte with three new restaurant locations. The brand's founders, Paul and Sarah Klaassen, aim to bring southern comfort to the Queen City with their made-from-scratch comfort food concept.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-07-13. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/charlotte-business-journal-hendough-chicken-and-donuts-targets-charlotte-for-expansion-2716177).*

## Story

In a recent article in the Charlotte Business Journal, HenDough Chicken and Donuts founders Paul and Sarah Klaassen discussed upcoming plans to expand their fried chicken-and-donuts franchise to Charlotte. The two met while working at the Biltmore, decided to start franchising the HenDough concept in 2015 after seeing success in their first two locations, where they introduced the community to the made-from-scratch comfort food concept. The Klaassens, who are both former chefs, plan to bring southern comfort to the Queen City with three new restaurant locations.

“We think it’s a really unique concept. It’s fun. It’s approachable,” Paul said of the brand, which offers traditional breakfast biscuits along with doughnut-inspired fare.

HenDough has two locations — in Henderson, North Carolina and one in Greenville, South Carolina — with plans to enter the Charlotte market. The Klaassen’s hope to have the first of three locations open by 2022. They also plan to branch into the Georgia and Florida markets over the next five years.

The initial investment to open a HenDough franchise ranges between $205,500 to $643,500.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise growth (topic)
- charlotte (location)
- southern comfort food (topic)
- restaurant locations (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/charlotte-business-journal-hendough-chicken-and-donuts-targets-charlotte-for-expansion-2716177). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d56e6ddb-c7ec-42f4-a2fa-8b91f5e63e22).