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Posted on 12/2/20 at 11:56 am to LNCHBOX
McAllisters, Newks, and Sweet Peppers are all modeled off of Bulldog Deli in Starkville that was started and owned by Robin Fant.
It's a little known fact, but Fant had a hand in forming McAlister's. While Don Newcomb is most often associated with having founded the company, he and Fant were business partners.
Fant says he was looking to grow beyond his single Bulldog Deli franchise and looked at Oxford. He found a place called Checkers, formed a partnership with Newcomb, a dentist, and reopened it as McAlister's. The menu and atmosphere were modeled after the Bulldog Deli.
They opened a second McAlister's in Hattiesburg, which was fine with Fant. But the partners didn't agree on the direction of the company.
Fant said he "basically walked away from the partnership" in the fall of 1992. There was no animosity in the split - just a difference in how the company should grow.
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It's a little known fact, but Fant had a hand in forming McAlister's. While Don Newcomb is most often associated with having founded the company, he and Fant were business partners.
Fant says he was looking to grow beyond his single Bulldog Deli franchise and looked at Oxford. He found a place called Checkers, formed a partnership with Newcomb, a dentist, and reopened it as McAlister's. The menu and atmosphere were modeled after the Bulldog Deli.
They opened a second McAlister's in Hattiesburg, which was fine with Fant. But the partners didn't agree on the direction of the company.
Fant said he "basically walked away from the partnership" in the fall of 1992. There was no animosity in the split - just a difference in how the company should grow.
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Posted on 12/4/20 at 6:43 am to LNCHBOX
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Newk’s was founded in 2004 by Don Newcomb, Debra Bryson and Chris Newcomb, the team that founded McAlister’s Deli.
I'm well aware. My statement still holds true. They no longer own McAllister's and McAllister's never owned Newks.
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