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<a href="https://www.myfuzzys.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=baja-inspired-fuzzys-taco-shop-is-expanding-in-dallas-ft-worth-and-beyond-2710267" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fuzzy&rsquo;s Taco Shop</a>&nbsp;isn&rsquo;t just about serving up Baja-inspired tacos, frosty margaritas&nbsp;and famous chips and queso? --&nbsp;although each is guaranteed to Fuzzy&rsquo;s visitors, and then&nbsp;some. The&nbsp;unique&nbsp;taco brand is also committed to providing guests with all the laid-back vibes and good times that come with&nbsp;a visit to the come-as-you-are taco joint.&nbsp;&nbsp;

That&nbsp;Baja-inflected atmosphere is making major waves when it comes to franchise development.

Relaxed, flavorful and hangout-ready, it&rsquo;s no surprise that Fuzzy&rsquo;s has enjoyed a cult-like following since the first location opened in Fort Worth, Texas in 2003. The brand began franchising in 2007 and now boasts nearly 150 franchised locations in 16 states. Fuzzy&rsquo;s opened 70 franchise locations in the last three years and claims over 50 units in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. The brand plans to hit the 200-unit mark by the end of 2020, crediting its explosive growth to a hungry fan base that is as eager to spread the Fuzzy&rsquo;s love as it is to dip into the taco shop&rsquo;s house-made queso.&nbsp;

With brand loyalists raising a frosted&nbsp;schooner&nbsp;across markets, a family-friendly atmosphere and a competitive consumer value proposition thanks to an average family ticket price under $30, Fuzzy&rsquo;s Taco Shop is well-positioned for&nbsp;impressive&nbsp;franchise growth nationwide.

So where&nbsp;is&nbsp;the brand next hoping consumers will&nbsp;&ldquo;taco&nbsp;&lsquo;bout&rdquo;&nbsp;it? Its home state of Texas.

&ldquo;We have franchisees who hear that we&rsquo;re growing in northern Texas and they move to be in the growth market and take advantage of the opportunity for franchise ownership,&rdquo;&nbsp;

said Andie&nbsp;Smirl, Franchise Sales Manager for Fuzzy&rsquo;s Taco Shop. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s a level of brand love that our competitors just don&rsquo;t have.&rdquo;&nbsp;

Smirl emphasized the power of the Fuzzy&rsquo;s fandom in terms of franchise growth, explaining that&nbsp;the majority of prospective franchise candidates seeking ownership are themselves Fuzzy&rsquo;s regulars. Given that several nearby Texas markets &ndash; namely San Antonio and Houston &ndash; are&nbsp;fairly saturated&nbsp;when it comes to tacos, it might seem risky to seek an expanded footprint in the Lone Star State.&nbsp;

Might,&nbsp;that is, if you don&rsquo;t know Fuzzy&rsquo;s.

&ldquo;There may be taco competition, but there isn&rsquo;t Fuzzy&rsquo;s competition,&rdquo; emphasized Smirl. &ldquo;We are in a category unto ourselves thanks to the experience we offer&nbsp;our guests.&nbsp;One&nbsp;franchisee&rsquo;s wife said that going to Fuzzy&rsquo;s feels like being on vacation, and that vibe is in everything we do.&rdquo;

A place so laid-back it feels like vacation? Unsurprisingly, in addition to fueling the&nbsp;aforementioned franchise growth, such a locale draws a diverse pool of hungry guests.

&ldquo;We completed a brand repositioning recently and determined that Fuzzy&rsquo;s target demographic is&nbsp;everyone,&rdquo;laughed&nbsp;Smirl. &ldquo;You can come in with your family; you can come in and watch the game; or you can meet your coworkers after a shift for a&nbsp;beer or&nbsp;margarita. There&rsquo;s truly something for everyone.&rdquo;

Fuzzy&rsquo;s&nbsp;Taco Shop&nbsp;Chief Development Officer, Michael Mabry, echoed&nbsp;Smirl&rsquo;s&nbsp;point that so-called competitors really can&rsquo;t compare to Fuzzy&rsquo;s.

&ldquo;Our food quality and culture are unmatched,&rdquo; said Mabry. &ldquo;Many items&nbsp;on our menu&nbsp;are&nbsp;made in-house, from our salsa and&nbsp;guacamole to our rice and beans. And then when you add the&nbsp;chill and inviting&nbsp;culture? It&rsquo;s a win-win.&rdquo;

To support plans to expand in Texas, Fuzzy&rsquo;s is&nbsp;cultivating&nbsp;organic brand buzz and developing existing, qualified franchisees into multi-unit owners, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nrn.com/fast-casual/fuzzy-s-taco-shop-names-first-development-chief?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=baja-inspired-fuzzys-taco-shop-is-expanding-in-dallas-ft-worth-and-beyond-2710267" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">growing the brand&rsquo;s executive leadership team</a>.&nbsp;Smirl&nbsp;emphasized that&nbsp;Fuzzy&rsquo;s corporate team provides unparalleled support&nbsp;as a result of&nbsp;the breadth of franchising experience they hold ranging from operations to restaurant expansion expertise.&nbsp;

In addition to Dallas-Ft. Worth development, Fuzzy&rsquo;s Taco Shop is seeking to grow by way of multi-unit owners in Houston, San Antonio and Austin. Mabry said that ideal franchise candidates will be just as passionate about all things Fuzzy&rsquo;s as is the brand&rsquo;s taco-craving fandom.

&ldquo;We&rsquo;re committed to finding the right people in the right markets,&rdquo; said Mabry. &ldquo;Our top candidates have to possess a passion for people and food. They&nbsp;have to&nbsp;be unrelenting on brand standards and possess a great understanding of what it means to provide exceptional service to guests and team members. They have to be able to identify talent, as well&mdash;at the end of the day, our team members are the most important part of the brand.&rdquo;

Smirl echoed this Fuzzy&rsquo;s focus.

&ldquo;Most of our franchisees were consumers&nbsp;first, and we really pride ourselves on that,&rdquo; Smirl said. &ldquo;They walk into Fuzzy&rsquo;s and want to join the Fuzzy&rsquo;s family. We&rsquo;re excited to now actively expand that family through franchising.&rdquo;

The investment level to open a Fuzzy&rsquo;s Taco Shop location is $858,500 to $1,329,000. For more information about franchising opportunities with Fuzzy&rsquo;s, please visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.myfuzzys.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=baja-inspired-fuzzys-taco-shop-is-expanding-in-dallas-ft-worth-and-beyond-2710267" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.myfuzzys.com.</a>

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Baja-Inspired Fuzzy’s Taco Shop Is Expanding in Dallas-Ft. Worth and Beyond

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