Franchising

Dickey's entering Alberta, Canada

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November 10, 2021

Dickey's Barbecue Pit is moving into Edmonton in Alberta, Canada.

"We are thrilled for this Edmonton, Alberta Canada Dickey's restaurant to open," Roland Dickey Jr., CEO of Dickey's Capital Group, the chain's parent company, said in a company press release. "Working with our new Owner/Operator Mohammed and Sadia Hussain enables us to continue driving our international expansion efforts and rapidly grow as the world's largest barbecue concept."

Hussain and his wife, Sadia, recently secured the location where they foresee a lot of walkable traffic from local businesses and multi-unit housing.

"We are so happy to bring Authentic Texas Barbecue to Southwest Edmonton," Mohammed Hussain said in the press release. "We are very familiar with this area and love that Freson Brothers grocery store is the main anchor of the shopping center we will be close to."

The 2,000-square-foot, single-story location has two bathrooms, an outdoor patio with seating and enough seating indoors for approximately 40 people.

"Location, Location, Location — it's a very important part of the process our franchisees need to take their time with, and Mohammed found an excellent location and we are happy to welcome Mohammed and Sadia into the Dickey family," Jim Perkins, Dickey's EVP of International Sales and Support, said in the release.

The restaurant will serve St. Louis style barbecue ribs, kielbasa sausages, hickory pit-smoked brisket, chicken and turkey as well as cream of spinach, baked beans, green beans, mac 'n' cheese and rolls.

"We will be very popular at the hockey rink," Hussain jokes as he talks about how they practically live, breathe and love hockey. "I can already see us bringing barbecue to sporting events and integrating Dickey's Barbecue Pit in the community."

Dickey's has over 550 locations across the United States and six other countries and is on track to have over 600 locations by the end of 2021.