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HuHot Mongolian Grill eyes 2012 expansion

November 28, 2011

HuHot Mongolian Grill will continue to stay focused on concept growth as the chain moves into 2012.

Next year’s expansion plan includes the opening of units in North Carolina by Mike Treadwell of Treadwell Enterprises, one of HuHot’s newest franchisees. Treadwell plans to open his first North Carolina HuHot in Greenville this spring and hopes for new HuHot openings quarterly in 2012.

Additional locations in the works for 2012 include the markets of Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Utah.

“Not only are new franchisees joining the system, our existing franchisees are opening additional restaurants as well. It is great to see satisfied franchisees excited to grow with the company,” said Andy Vap, CEO.

HuHot is finishing off the last quarter of 2011 with new restaurant openings in Oklahoma City, Okla., and Bismarck, N.D., as well as a second location in Colorado Springs, Colo. The chain plans to have more than 50 restaurants open by the end of 2012, a 25 percent increase from 2011.

HuHot Mongolian Grills LLC opened its first restaurant in Missoula, Mont., in 1999. Over the past 12 years, the concept has grown to 40 locations in 15 states.