Franchising

BurgerFi adding 3 Miami units

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November 18, 2021

BurgerFi is opening three corporate-owned locations in Miami in River Landing, South Beach and Miami Lakes by 2022. The chain will hire nearly 75 team members, offering professional development opportunities in a range of positions, according to a company press release.

Featuring smaller, more intimate dining spaces, the restaurants will elevate the fast casual dining experience. The 2,000-square-foot prototype will help increase distribution points for digital and off-premise business while ensuring sustainable value for the stores.

"Continuous demand and positive feedback for more BurgerFi restaurants in South Florida made this expansion a natural next step," Ophir Sternberg, executive chairman of BurgerFi, said in the release. "We are now making our aggressive growth plans a reality in bringing even better burger experiences to the places where people live, work and play."

The openings come during a period of rapid growth for the chain, as it continues to implement its cluster-market strategy primarily focused on increasing penetration and brand awareness for corporate-owned stores in core Southeast markets and up the eastern seaboard, Sternberg said.

Established in 2011, BurgerFi has 116 restaurants domestically and internationally including 23 corporate-owned restaurants and 93 franchised restaurants, in addition to 24 ghost kitchens.