Chris Cheek

As Newk’s Eatery prepares for its next phase of franchise growth, the brand is being selective about who grows alongside it.

Food and labor costs remain two of the biggest expenses restaurant operators have to manage.

Newk's improves unit economics with smaller prototype and flexible real estate options

Newk's Eatery targets Broward County for franchise growth with 2 million residents

Newk's Eatery offers franchise opportunities to Ole Miss alumni with nearly 100 units

Fresh food has become a familiar promise across the restaurant industry.

Newk’s Eatery , the nearly 100-unit fast casual restaurant franchise, has built a strong market position over the span of decades, consistently centering hospitality, quality and freshness in its restaurant experience.

Across the restaurant industry, efficiency has increasingly come to mean doing less inside the restaurant.

Newk's Eatery targets Salt Lake City suburbs for expansion with 11 potential locations.

For nearly two decades, Newk’s Eatery , the nearly 100-unit fast-casual restaurant brand, has built a loyal following around scratch-made meals, genuine hospitality and neighborhood restaurants that become part of the communities they serve.

Newk’s Eatery is closely examining the Phoenix metro as it plans for growth in 2026, with Chandler and Scottsdale among the strongest opportunities.

As Newk’s Eatery continues to expand across Texas, San Antonio has emerged as one of the most compelling opportunities for future development.

Newk’s Eatery , the 97-unit fast-casual restaurant chain known for its fresh sandwiches, soups, salads and pizzas, is targeting suburban Columbus, Ohio, for franchise development.

Newk’s Eatery , the 97-unit fast-casual restaurant chain known for its fresh sandwiches, soups, salads and pizzas, is targeting the Raleigh-Durham market in North Carolina for franchise development.

Newk’s Eatery , the nearly 100-unit fast-casual restaurant brand known for its signature hospitality and scratch-made meals, gives franchisees flexibility in restaurant formats, allowing them to find the best possible…

Chris Cheek , chief development officer of Newk’s Eatery , is helping guide the brand’s next stage of franchise growth as the company sharpens its development strategy around unit-level performance.

Newk’s Eatery , the nearly 100-unit fast-casual restaurant brand known for its signature hospitality and scratch-made meals, has built a franchise model designed to support long-term multi-unit growth for its owners.

For a franchise developer, university real estate represents a strategic opportunity to build long-term market presence.

Newk’s Eatery is attracting multi-unit franchisees who understand that long-term success often comes from hard-earned lessons, not perfect execution from day one.

Newk’s Eatery has carved out a spot in fast-casual by doing the basics unusually well.

In an $84 billion fast-casual landscape dominated by lookalike menus and overbuilt boxes, Newk’s Eatery has carved out a different lane — one built upon the merits of scratch-made food, genuine hospitality and a discipli

Newk's Eatery closes out 2025 with strong momentum and surpasses its development goals.

In the restaurant industry, one simple principle has dominated development discussions over the past two decades: bigger is better.

ROI for a franchise is determined by various factors, including industry, location, operating model, and the franchisee's ability to manage costs effectively.