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Jerry Holt, Jr. has spent close to 25 years in the fast food industry as a regional manager and a consultant. For 19 of those years, Jerry worked at Arby&rsquo;s helping settle franchisees in, and regionally managing the area. Once he moved on from that position, a former franchisee he had helped&nbsp;reached out to Jerry to gauge his interest in opening two <a href="http://checkersfranchising.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=franchisee-voices-jerry-holt-jr-of-checkers-rallys-7753" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Checkers &amp;&nbsp;Rally&rsquo;s</a> locations in central Kentucky. Jerry&rsquo;s been owning and operating his own stores &ndash; six stores in total &ndash; in Kentucky and Tennessee. Recently,&nbsp; Jerry and two partners decided to take over and reopen three separate <a href="http://checkers.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=franchisee-voices-jerry-holt-jr-of-checkers-rallys-7753" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Checkers</a> locations in the Nashville area. They&rsquo;ll open one by one over the course of the next three months. 

Tell us a little bit about your background.

While I was attending the University of Alabama in 1990, I took a manager&nbsp;position at the nearby Little Caesar&rsquo;s. After I graduated, I took a job at an Arby&rsquo;s, where I worked my way all the way up the chain,&nbsp;from a manager to a regional manager to all the way to a regional consultant. I was there for about 19 years and decided it was time to move on to the next thing. I&rsquo;ve been working in the industry for 25 years &ndash; working my way up ever since I started back at Little Caesar&rsquo;s.

I live in Glasgow, Ky.&nbsp;currently, but I plans to move to Nashville soon to be closer to the market where I&rsquo;ll have the most stores. I have a wife, Diana, and two children, ages 15 and 20.&nbsp;

How did you learn about Checkers &amp; Rally&#39;s, and what made you decide to open Checker&#39;s locations?

At my previous job, I worked alongside some franchisees and helped them out as they got their new businesses ready to open. But when I left Arby&rsquo;s, I decided to take some time off. Soon after, an old franchisee I worked with in the past contacted me about an opportunity he had. He purchased two Rally&rsquo;s in central Kentucky and wanted my help with running them. Those stores opened in December 2013 and March of 2014. We opened our third store this past October. Today, I operate two Arby&rsquo;s and a Little Caesar&rsquo;s in addition to my Rally&rsquo;s locations.

Do you have any plans for expansion?

We hope to re-open three Checkers locations we recently purchased in the Nashville area. One in January in Goodlettsville, one next month in Madison and one in March in Murfreesboro.

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Franchisee Voices: Jerry Holt, Jr. of Checkers & Rally's

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