FRANCHISING
a jump into South Carolina and Georgia and that ’ s gone real well , so we felt like the jump into four countries was something we were ready for . Plus we had some willing and able franchise partners that had approached us .
FDF : Is that what drew you to China ? MP : I have a partner [ minority partner Allen Tharp ] who is developing in the San Antonio , TX market , but also has a consultant who has a great track record of developing chicken restaurants for a large international chain . At the time he wanted to expand in San Antonio , he also opened an office in Shanghai and just a few months ago opened a pilot restaurant in Shanghai . It was really his request that drew us to China .
FDF : Now that you ’ re moving into this new region , are you looking for additional partners ? If so , what qualities do you look for ? MP : With our first entry into it , we want to be very conservative and feel very comfortable taking that first step . In Jordan for example , we have a franchisee that is originally from Jordan , but he ’ s a proven operator in a unit in
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