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title: "Entrepreneurial Family Opens We Sell Restaurants in Tallahassee, to Expand into Albany, GA"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f46de996-ecbb-4215-8fe5-5249d2e44297
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20230630_entrepreneurial_family_opens_we_sell_restaurants_in_tallahassee_to_expand_i.html
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2023-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T20:33:12.906Z
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# Entrepreneurial Family Opens We Sell Restaurants in Tallahassee, to Expand into Albany, GA

**TL;DR:** We Sell Restaurants opened a franchise in Tallahassee, FL, and signed another franchise agreement to open a location in Albany, GA. The Holmes family, with experience in the restaurant industry, are the owners of the new franchises.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-06-30. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20230630_entrepreneurial_family_opens_we_sell_restaurants_in_tallahassee_to_expand_i.html).*

## Story

The Holmes’ are lifelong Tallahassee residents, with Chris working in the restaurant industry as a multi-unit franchisee, regional master franchisor and area representative for Firehouse Subs. His wife, Lisa, had spent 12 years working for a law firm before switching over to help the family with running their Firehouse Subs locations along with their son, Michael, who was the general manager of their first franchise. Michael and his wife, Alicia jumped into franchising on their own after graduating college with several Uncle Maddio’s Pizza locations in the southeast.

“We, as a family, all saw the potential to make a real impact on the restaurant industry and thought it was a natural next step in our careers,” said Chris Holmes, co-owner of We Sell Restaurants in Tallahassee and Albany. “As long-time veterans in the restaurant industry, we know what it takes to succeed and fail, and being able to help new entrepreneurs get their feet off the ground allows us to use our library of knowledge to set them up to reach their goals.”

We Sell Restaurants was founded by Robin and Eric Gagnon, who together have decades of experience selling restaurants. With deep financial, branding and marketing experience in restaurants, across small and big businesses, We Sell Restaurants leadership took the fragmented brokerage market and built a specialized practice for selling only restaurants with a systemic approach never before seen in the industry.

“We continue to attract entrepreneurs, like the Holmes, who are passionate by the idea of helping others realize the American Dream of restaurant ownership, who love people, want to support their communities and create a great lifestyle for themselves and their families,” said Robin Gagnon, CEO & Co-Founder of We Sell Restaurants. ““We look forward to seeing them experience success with the brand by providing this great service in the Tallahassee and Albany communities.”

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- family business (topic)
- Firehouse Subs (company)
- We Sell Restaurants (company)
- Robin Gagnon (person)
- tallahassee (location)
- Eric Gagnon (person)
- Albany, GA (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20230630_entrepreneurial_family_opens_we_sell_restaurants_in_tallahassee_to_expand_i.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f46de996-ecbb-4215-8fe5-5249d2e44297).