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title: "Daily News Journal: Checkers & Rally's Delivers First Modular Restaurant"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/dca1e9d7-4098-4f7e-8c71-1dc6dd1c3598
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/daily-news-journal-checkers-rallys-delivers-first-modular-restaurant-11685
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
published: 2017-04-07T18:13:23.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:13:38.194Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/26a10dfd6601e2fed79c5cba91e504d32060.jpg
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# Daily News Journal: Checkers & Rally's Delivers First Modular Restaurant

**TL;DR:** Checkers and Rally's has delivered its first modular restaurant in Smyrna, Tennessee, as part of its Model 4.0 design launch. The modular 1,100-square-foot building was delivered to the site by American Development Partnership.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-04-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/daily-news-journal-checkers-rallys-delivers-first-modular-restaurant-11685).*

## Story

The scene in Smyrna, Tennessee changed overnight thanks to a new Checkers restaurant that was dropped off on Wednesday morning.

According to the Daily News Journal, a modular 1,100-square-foot building was delivered to the site on Sgt. Asbury Hawn Way around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning by American Development Partnership.

Checkers and Rally's recently launched its Model 4.0 design, so franchisees can choose a traditional value engineered on-site build, the modular building a new modular building (the iconic format that Checkers and Rally’s are known for), or a new facility based on reclaimed shipping containers.

"It's a much quicker process," than typical onsite construction, Caleb McMillen, the development firm's chief operating officer told the Daily News Journal.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Checkers (company)
- Rally's (company)
- restaurant construction (topic)
- Smyrna, Tennessee (location)
- modular restaurant (topic)
- model 4.0 design (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/daily-news-journal-checkers-rallys-delivers-first-modular-restaurant-11685). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/dca1e9d7-4098-4f7e-8c71-1dc6dd1c3598).