Founded in 2019, Georgia-based Knuckies Franchise Company LLC is opening inside 14 Walmart stores in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas.
“We are using Knuckies Hoagies as our way of always ‘Striving to make a difference: One Hoagie, One Guest, One Community at a time!’ This mission is at the core of everything we do at Knuckies Franchise Company, and we are excited to extend our reach to even more communities through this incredible partnership with Walmart,” Founder and CEO Todd Broaderick said in a company press release.
Walmart, which began closing thousands of Subway and McDonald’s locations by 2021, has been embracing fast casual brands, such as Wonder, which announced that it would be serving guests of Walmarts in New Jersey. The 11-unit food hall concept created by former Walmart eCommerce CEO and Jet.com founder Marc Lore has raised over $900 million to fuel growth.
Walmart has also partnered with Mr. Gatti’s Pizza in nearly 100 stores, and in January it agreed to expand its partnership with Uncle Sharkii’s Poke. It will also open a Crazy Pita inside a Vegas store.
