First Watch Signs Largest Franchise Agreement

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Award-winning breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant First Watch announced it has entered into an exclusive franchise development agreement with Mac Haik Enterprises to develop up to 18 restaurants in Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana. The agreement is the largest agreement to date for the Bradenton-based restaurant chain. Haik was formerly The Egg & I’s largest franchisee and sold his 30 franchisee restaurant entity and his major position in the 114-franchisor restaurant entity to First Watch upon its acquisition of The Egg & I in May. His return to the growing daytime café segment comes as the owner/operator of First Watch restaurants in the blooming markets of Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Baton Rouge, with the first restaurant slated to open in College Station in mid-2016.

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