Emerging Brands Podcast

On this episode of Emerging Brands, Carl Howard, Chief Executive Officer of Fazoli’s shares his restaurant and franchise experience, Fazoli’s double-digit growth and the brand's significant expansion plans. Howard takes us back to his humble beginning as a busboy at Bill Knapps when he was sixteen. He had various roles at restaurants and at age twenty Howard got his first management position at The Elephant Bar. Next he became the general manager at one of his father-in-law’s italian restaurants. Eventually Howard moves his way through the ranks at Damon’s Grill, he became a franchisee of the restaurant and later became the Chief Executive Officer. Shortly after, Howard had an opportunity to join Fazoli's team in 2008. Howard talks about Fazoli's interesting history that started thirty-three years ago, it’s rocky beginning, and how cod played a part in the brand. Today Fazoli’s has 215 locations and continues to grow rapidly, they will open fifteen to twenty locations this year. Fazoli’s model combined with