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title: "Grumpy’s Restaurant New Wildlight Location"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/fb891e6f-4763-4319-a57a-38aacf025c10
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20211124_grumpys_restaurant_new_wildlight_location.html
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2021-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:13:51.488Z
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# Grumpy’s Restaurant New Wildlight Location

**TL;DR:** Grumpy's Restaurant is opening a new location in Wildlight, Jacksonville, FL, with husband and wife duo LeAnne and Ray Rhoden as franchisees. The location is planned to open in May 2022.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2021-11-24. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20211124_grumpys_restaurant_new_wildlight_location.html).*

## Story

Husband and wife duo and longtime Yulee, FL residents, LeAnne & Ray Rhoden plan to open their own Grumpy's Restaurant Franchise in the Wildlight community this coming year. Grumpy’s President and CEO, Daniel DeLeon, is making an effort to partner with franchisees who embody Grumpy’s family-focused values.

“I always drive home the point that Grumpy’s Restaurant is positioned to do great things. Our potential is limited only by the creativity of our management and the vision of our owners,” said DeLeon. “I welcome the Rhoden family to our Grumpy’s Family to bring happiness and fantastic food to the Wildlight and Yulee community.”

LeAnne has tacked on over twenty-five years of successful quick service restaurant (QSR) franchise ownership experience and encompasses a sound understanding of operations and franchising, while embodying the values that Grumpy’s has set as a standard for the brand.

“My husband and I are motivated to use our passion and combined expertise to serve our community with a smile, just as we’ve served for the past 25 years,” said LeAnne. “We believe the brunch-loving people of Wildlight and Yulee will welcome us with open arms. Our guests are truly a pillar of our businesses.”

The diner prides itself on serving quality interpretations of American and Southern diner dishes along with daring and universally appealing new ventures on diner food. Grumpy’s serves breakfast, lunch and brunch along with an array of daily and weekly chalk board specials which include a variety of sandwiches, homemade soups, salads, signature coffee, fresh squeezed juices, homemade hot chocolate and desserts. Their diner classics and innovative twists have brought in numerous awards and accolades.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- location expansion (topic)
- restaurant opening (topic)
- franchise ownership (topic)
- Grumpy's Restaurant (company)
- Daniel DeLeon (person)
- Jacksonville, FL (location)
- Wildlight (location)
- Yulee, FL (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20211124_grumpys_restaurant_new_wildlight_location.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/fb891e6f-4763-4319-a57a-38aacf025c10).