SMASHBURGER TO OPEN 47 NEW RESTAURANTS IN SOUTHEAST

DENVER — Smashburger, a Denver-based burger restaurant concept, is targeting several Southeast cities as sites for new restaurants. The company has partnered with Robert Marshall of Bamaberto LLC to open 23 new restaurants in Atlanta during the next several years. Marshall, formerly with McDonald’s, and his team will also purchase five existing Smashburger restaurants in Atlanta. Smashburger has also partnered with Ray Ruiz and Wellesley Bromfield of Two Spurs LLC to open 18 new locations in Orlando and Jacksonville, Fla. Ruiz and Bromfield were former franchisees of McDonald’s. Lastly, Smashburger has partnered with Steven Taylor, Chris Smith and Jay Kikel of CapQueen3 to open six restaurants in Charlotte, N.C. Taylor and Smith currently own a Smashburger in Columbia, S.C., and Kikel was a former operator of Five Guys Burgers & Fries franchises.