Fazoli's Multi-Unit Operator Opens Another Location In Arkansas

Fazoli's, the quick serve Italian restaurant chain, has teamed up with one of its multi-unit operators to bring another location to the Arkansas market.

The new restaurant marks the state's second location and is scheduled to open later this month. It will showcase the brand's new contemporary interior design and drive-thru.

Longtime Fazoli's multi-unit operator Rob Hearden, who has been with the brand since 2002, will operate the new restaurant in Paragould, Arkansas. Hearden has more than four decades of restaurant operations experience, and owns three other Fazoli's locations in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Jonesboro, Arkansas. Hearden has had more than eight years of positive sales growth within his Fazoli's restaurants.

"Thanks to its refined menu and customer satisfaction with the brand, Fazoli's has proved to be an extremely successful franchise for me and we are thrilled to be bringing the newest location to Paragould," said Hearden. "We are excited to serve the local community of Paragould and be a place for friends and family to enjoy hearty Italian food with fresh ingredients at a great value."

The Fazoli's brand currently has more than 220 restaurants in 27 states.