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Cross Border News  + Alberta & Prairies  + Retail  |  February 22, 2024
FAT Brands plans to open 40 new Marble Slab Cremery locations in Canada.
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By: Monte Stewart

Marble Slab to Open 40 New Canadian Locations

U.S.-based retail investor FAT Brands plans to open 40 new Marble Slab Creamery franchise restaurants in Canada over the next decade.

Los Angeles-based FAT announced that it will develop the new locations in partnership with Calgary-based Canadian Ice Cream Company. FAT stands for Fresh, Authentic, Tasty, The two companies already partner in Canada.

The expansion will increase Marble Slab’s Canadian footprint to 140 locations over the next decade. The chain currently has about 100 restaurants in Canada.

Marble Slab is among 18 restaurant concepts under FAT’s investment umbrella.

FAT’s other brands include Round Table Pizza, Fatburger, Johnny Rockets, Fazoli’s, Twin Peaks, Great American Cookies and Bonanza Steakhouse. Altogether, FAT franchises and owns about 2,300 units worldwide.

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About Monte Stewart

Monte Stewart serves as Content Director - Canada for Connect Commercial Real Estate. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monte provides daily news coverage of major Canadian commercial real estate markets, including Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. He has written about the real estate sector for various media outlets and Avison Young since the early 2000s. In addition, he has covered sports, general news and business for several leading wire services and publications, including The Canadian Press, The Associated Press, The Calgary Herald, The Globe and Mail, Research Money, The Daily Oil Bulletin, Natural Gas World and The Toronto Star. Monte is active in his community as a youth basketball coach and raises funds for such charitable causes as Movember.
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