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title: "Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ Discounts Franchises for Veterans"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ef45c348-e318-4773-ad40-ed694d034e65
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20191108_crave_hot_dogs_and_bbq_discounts_franchises_for_ve.html
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
published: 2019-11-08T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:13.691Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1561758033-d89a9ad46330?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ Discounts Franchises for Veterans

**TL;DR:** Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ is offering discounted franchises to veterans, with 90% of its current franchisees being veterans. The company, founded by Sal and Samantha Rincione, aims to help veterans and active duty members own their own businesses.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2019-11-08. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20191108_crave_hot_dogs_and_bbq_discounts_franchises_for_ve.html).*

## Story

HOUSTON, Nov. 8, 2019 // PRNewswire // - Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ is currently searching for Veterans that are looking to own their own business. When Sal and Samantha Rincione founded Crave, they always knew they wanted to aim to help veterans and active duty members.

Sal himself, being a veteran, saw the importance of offering an opportunity to our service men and women. Currently, 90% of Crave's franchisees are veterans. "The goal was always to create something that would allow people that had other life experiences, not solely food experiences, be able to join our Crave family.

The dedication and training that our veterans and active duty members have, can help them succeed in business"-Samantha and Sal Rincione.

Crave offers discounted pricing on the franchise fee to all Veteran and active duty members. Crave is a BBQ and hot dog restaurant that also features a self-serve beer wall. The craft beers are local to the specific stores region, which allow franchisees to pick out customer favorites.

Many of the locations have customers vote and choose their options they'd like to see on the wall. Pulled chicken, pork and Brisket can be served as a sandwich or as a plate, with an array of sides. The hot dogs, sausages and brats can be topped with any of their 20+ toppings.

The restaurant also releases limited time offers monthly such as "Mac n Brisket sandwich", "Pumpkin Pie", "The Porker" and others. The main focus of Crave, is of course, delicious food of great quality, but also customer service and satisfaction.

Crave currently has locations throughout the US to include Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Florida and more! You can download the app for Android or IOS to order ahead, get delivery, earn loyalty points and get rewards. #beatyourcraving

Crave will assists with real estate selection, build out, marketing, training and more.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise opportunities (topic)
- veteran support (topic)
- bbq restaurant (topic)
- franchise discounts (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20191108_crave_hot_dogs_and_bbq_discounts_franchises_for_ve.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ef45c348-e318-4773-ad40-ed694d034e65).