Operations

Captain D's converting former Bojangles store

March 9, 2022

Captain D's is adding to its Georgia presence by converting a former Bojangles restaurant in Elberton at 123 Elbert St., marking the brand's 106th store in the state. Behind the conversion is multi-unit franchisee Chris Benner of Trident Holdings LLC, which owns 45 locations, making it one of the chain's largest franchisees.

"Due to its flexible prototypes and development options, Captain D's has proven time and again to be the authority in real estate conversions," Benner said in a company press release. "Their team's support and training has made the conversion process painless and efficient, and this has remained consistent since we began franchising with the brand," said Benner. "We are thrilled with this opportunity to bring Captain D's to the Elberton community and look forward to opening additional locations we have planned this year in Kentucky and Alabama."

Captain D's continues to identify markets in the south for further development and has multiple restaurants set to open throughout Alabama, Florida and Georgia over the next several months. One of the Georgia locations will debut the chain's Express prototype, a smaller footprint featuring only a drive-thru and walk-up windows for ordering and picking up. As part of its overall growth strategy, Captain D's is also focusing its efforts on corporate and franchise development in target markets throughout the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, including Ohio and Pennsylvania.

"We put our expertise to work helping owners like Chris source the right franchise real estate from existing supply to get their new restaurant up and running," Brad Reed, chief development officer of Captain D's, said in the release. "Our team is looking forward to utilizing this strength further to help accelerate the momentum we've carried into 2022."

Headquartered in Nashville, Captain D's has over 540 restaurants in 23 states.