Fatz

Fatz
Industry Casual dining Restaurants
Founded 1988
Headquarters Taylors, South Carolina, United States
Number of locations
 43
Key people
 Jim Mazany, President and CEO
Website www.fatz.com

Fatz is a regional casual dining restaurant chain with locations in the Southeastern United States. It is operated by Cafe Enterprises, Inc., with headquarters in Taylors, South Carolina.[1]

History

The first Fatz opened November 1988 in a converted peach shed in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Since inception, it was known as Fatz Cafe.[2] In 2017, the chain rebranded to become Fatz Southern Kitchen. The chain avoids locations in large metropolitan areas and as of 2017, the chain has 43 locations in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia.[2]

Community involvement

Fatz sponsors the Clemson Tigers, the South Carolina Gamecocks, and the Georgia Bulldogs. Fatz in Shelby, North Carolina sponsors Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs' Club Hospitality Area during all Home Football and Men’s Basketball games. Besides contribution from the chain to the communities in which the company operates, individual location operations also contribute to local causes.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Fatz says rebranding paying off Nation's Restaurant News
  2. 1 2 "Fatz RestaurantNews.com". Restaurantnews.com. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  3. ↑ Bill Fox (2012-02-15). "Upstate-based restaurant chain raises over $1 million for local communities The Greenville News". Data.greenvilleonline.com. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  4. ↑ "Foodservice Equipment and Supplies". E-ditionsbyfry.com. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
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