QDOBA Kicks Off 2025 with New Franchise Development Agreements

QDOBA Mexican Eats®
Published: January 9th, 2025

January 09, 2025 // Franchising.com // SAN DIEGO — QDOBA is starting 2025 with new franchise development agreements. Among these is a deal with APR Island Management/Cafua Management, led by Mark, David, and Greg Cafua alongside Ricardo Gonzalez. As the largest Dunkin’ franchisee in the U.S., Cafua Management has committed to developing 20 restaurants in New Hampshire and Rhode Island, building on their 2024 agreement to develop five restaurants in Pennsylvania.

“After more than 40 years in the quick-service industry, we chose to invest in the fast-casual market, and QDOBA stood out for its fresh, customizable meals and loyal customer base,” shared Mark Cafua, QDOBA Franchise Owner with Cafua Management. “We’re excited to join QDOBA and contribute to its success.”

Additional new franchise agreements:

• Jay and Ahmad Jabbar, with an entrepreneurial background in other related multi-unit franchising businesses, have signed on for five new restaurants in New Orleans.
• Equipped with over a decade of experience, Spork Restaurant Holdings has committed to bringing 12 restaurants in Kansas City and surrounding counties in Missouri.
• Lifelong Chicago resident with over 35 years of QSR experience, Holy Moley Guacamole, LLC has committed to build fifteen new restaurants in Lake and DuPage counties throughout Illinois.
• Led by seasoned group Boost Enterprises with a combined 40 years of experience in QSR, Savannah, Georgia expects to be home to eight new QDOBA restaurants soon.
• OM Group, a Dunkin’ and Wingstop franchisee, recently expanded its development agreement, adding six more units in Cleveland and Toledo. Other franchisees making additional commitments include QDOBA Cincinnati, adding three restaurants in Ohio; Goraya, committing to three restaurants in Baltimore, Maryland; Patel, adding one restaurant in Fort Morgan, Colorado; and Golden Maize Restaurants, LLC, signing for four new locations in Connecticut.
• On the non-traditional front, multi-unit operator group ELPX Restaurant Group, LLC, with an extensive portfolio of restaurants, plans to expand the QDOBA within multiple U.S. military installations beginning in 2025.

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