Dickey’s Barbecue looking to expand across N.C., including Asheville area

Jason Sandford

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From bizjournals.com:

GMW Carolina Inc., which owns Dickey’s Barbecue Pit restaurants in Cary and Durham, has signed an exclusive deal to grow the Dallas, Texas-based chain in North Carolina.

Gregory Woloszczuk, head of GMW Carolina, says this is the first time Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants Inc. has entered into a statewide development deal with a franchisee. Dickey’s usually deals with franchisees directly. In this case, however, Dickey’s will rely on GMW to sign and support franchisees in the Tar Heel State.

By leveraging local expertise, Dickey’s believes it will be able to open locations faster and reduce expenses, Woloszczuk says

GMW Carolina has signed up three franchisees to develop restaurants in the Triad, the Sandhills and the New Bern area. GMW also is looking to add its third Dickey’s location in Apex, Morrisville or Raleigh, Woloszczuk says.