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title: "Why careful growth is vital for restaurant chains"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d95473f4-f816-4f94-93c2-6f782d7d09ea
source: "Restaurant Business"
original_url: https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/why-careful-growth-vital-restaurant-chains
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2026-07-08T21:37:33.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T14:43:52.084Z
image: https://cdn.informaconnect.com/platform/files/public/2026-07/background/generated-image%20%2815%29.png?VersionId=NV2NPFPtPSlJ6vtq_YLeNm8yhxwmo.dt
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# Why careful growth is vital for restaurant chains

**TL;DR:** Founders Table CEO Nick Marsh discusses careful growth for restaurant chains, including the company's recent acquisition of Hopdoddy Burger Bar. Founders Table also owns Chop't, Dos Toros, and Protein Bar, and was formed with concepts owned by private-equity firm L Catterton.

*originally published in Restaurant Business on 2026-07-08. [Read the original](https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/why-careful-growth-vital-restaurant-chains).*

## Story

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Nick Marsh, the CEO of Founders Table Restaurant Group.

This is the second in our series of episodes exploring Founders Table’s recent acquisition of Hopdoddy Burger Bar. We wanted to talk with Marsh specifically about what his company is about. Founders Table also owns Chop’t, Dos Toros and Protein Bar, an interesting group of chains.

He talks about the firm’s very beginnings and how it was formed with a couple of concepts owned by the private-equity firm L Catterton. Marsh talks about the benefits of putting growth chains together to share services and why that frees up brand founders to focus on their concepts.

We also get into a discussion about growth strategies and why it’s important not to get too aggressive in growing emerging concepts. And of course we talk about what Founders Table sees in Hopdoddy.

We’re talking growth on A Deeper Dive so please check it out.

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## Entities

- QSR (sector)
- private equity (topic)
- acquisition (topic)
- Restaurant Business (publication)
- L Catterton (investor)
- restaurant chains (topic)
- Chopt (company)
- Hopdoddy Burger Bar (company)
- Nick Marsh (person)
- Founders Table (company)
- Dos Toros (company)
- Protein Bar (company)

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Originally reported by Restaurant Business (https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/why-careful-growth-vital-restaurant-chains). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d95473f4-f816-4f94-93c2-6f782d7d09ea).