Franchising

Dickey's going Down Under

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October 30, 2020

Dickey's Barbecue Pit's latest international agreement calls for 50 units to open in Australia with restaurant group QSR Foods Pty LTD. Dickey's has partners in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Brazil, Georgia, Egypt and Pakistan.

"It's an incredible feeling to make plans for our fifth continental conquest and continue my family's legacy as the largest barbecue concept in the world," Roland Dickey Jr. CEO of Dickey's Capital Group, said in a company press release.

Seasoned Australian Franchisor Richa Goyal has seen the increasing love affair Aussies have with Southern-style eats and can't wait for Dickey's to make its mark on the Australian scene.

"We couldn't be prouder to bring the world's largest barbecue restaurant to Australian soil with the opening of our first locations in Brisbane and Queensland next year," Goyal said in the release.

Australia's first Dickey's location will feature the brand's line-up of Texas-style barbecue classics such as hickory-smoked brisket and fall-off-the-bone ribs alongside sides like mac n cheese, creamed spinach and more.

"I'd like to thank Mr. John Kanawati, Commercial Specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Sydney, Australia for his expeditious work in representing Dickey's to Ms. Richa Goyal. It was his work that catalyzed the conversation and set a path forward for our relationship," Jim Perkins Dickey's VP of International Development & Support, said in the release.

Dickey's was founded in 1941 by Travis Dickey and operates over 500 locations.