FAT Brands Inc. (FAT) – Expanding Into BBQ


Tuesday, September 26, 2023

FAT Brands (NASDAQ: FAT) is a leading global franchising company that strategically acquires, markets, and develops fast casual, quick-service, casual dining, and polished casual dining concepts around the world. The Company currently owns 17 restaurant brands: Round Table Pizza, Fatburger, Marble Slab Creamery, Johnny Rockets, Fazoli’s, Twin Peaks, Great American Cookies, Hot Dog on a Stick, Buffalo’s Cafe & Express, Hurricane Grill & Wings, Pretzelmaker, Elevation Burger, Native Grill & Wings, Yalla Mediterranean and Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses, and franchises and owns over 2,300 units worldwide. For more information on FAT Brands, please visit www.fatbrands.com.

Joe Gomes, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Generalist , Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Adding Smokey Bones. Last night, FAT Brands announced the acquisition of the Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill chain for $30 million from Sun Capital Partners. Smokey Bones not only expands FAT Brands into the BBQ space, but also amplifies the Company’s polished dining vertical, in our view.

Smokey Bones. Smokey Bones operates 61 award winning locations across 16 states. With a focus on BBQ, Smokey Bones is a casual dining restaurant with a sports bar scene. Smokey Bones serves lunch, dinner, and late night, and has a full bar featuring a variety of bourbons and whiskeys, a selection of domestic, import, and local craft beers, and several signature handcrafted cocktails.


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