Dortch Enterprises

Dortch Enterprises, LLC
Private LLC
Industry Restaurant
Founded 1987[1]
Founder Louis Dortch Sr.
Louis Dortch Jr.[1]
Headquarters Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, United States
Number of locations
 65(2013)[2]
Area served
 Central Michigan[2]
Key people
 Louis Dortch Sr., Chairman
Louis Dortch Jr., President/CEO
Polly Dortch, marketing director[2]
Matt Barcey, Vice President[3]
Services restaurant equipment repair
Owner Louis Dortch Sr.
Louis Dortch Jr.
Number of employees
 1,200[1]
Subsidiaries Dortch Subway Groups
Fix My Restaurants, LLC
Website dortchenterprises.com

Dortch Enterprises (DE) is a company in the restaurant business as a Subway multiunit franchise operator and formerly owned the Halo Burger chain. Dortch is only one of 38 out of the 17,000 Subway franchisees worldwide that owns 40 or more locations.[1]

History

The Louis Dortch family started out in the dry cleaning business with Troy Cleaners, now owned by other family members.[4] Louis Dortch Sr. and Louis Dortch Jr. decided to expand from the dry cleaning business and opened a Flint Subway location in 1987. The duo followed with four more location in 13 months.[1]

The company also became a franchisee of Qdoba Mexican Grill.[5] Their first Qdoba was opened in Grand Blanc in 1998. An additional 14 locations in Genesee, Oakland, and Wayne counties would be build by 2008.[6] In November 2008, Qdoba purchased Dortch's franchised locations. With the increasing number of Subways in the state and the sale of the Qdoba franchise, Dortch looked for another brand to expand in Michigan. Dortch originally settled on being a Sonic Drive-In franchisee.[2]

By 2010, DE owned 40 Subway locations.[7] Dortch Enterprises had negotiated for property for a Sonic location in Dearborn[5] and had Planning Commission approval for a Livonia Sonic location in March 2010.[8] At the end of 2010, Dortch purchased the nine location Halo Burger chain[7] for about $10 million which led to them ending their Sonic franchisee.[2]

In 2011, Dortch Subway Groups opened three more locations by June.[1] In August 2012, Dortch filed and received approval for a site plan for a joint Halo Burger-Subway location on Belsay Road in Burton.[9]

2013 was a building blitz year for Halo Burger with nine more locations under constructions[2][10] with three opening by October, one of which was the joint Halo Burger-Subway location.[11][12][13]

While Dortch Subway Groups was up to 65 locations in October 2013 for a net gain of 22 locations from 2011.[2] By October 2014, Dortch moved their Milford and Highland Subway stores to new locations at both ends of Milford. The two stores were opened in 2004 and later purchased by Dortch with the understanding that both would have to be moved.[14] Dortch Enterprises sold the 15 location Halo Burger chain to Halo Country LLC in January 2016.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Franchising empire builders thinking big". Every Franchise's Franchise News. June 2, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Skid, Nathan (October 8, 2013). "Eat to grow: Burger chain looks to surround region with Halo havens". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Staff". dortchenterprises.com. Dortch Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ Rauschert, Jeff (3 January 2011). "New owner says Halo Burger will stay the same". NBC 25 News. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  5. 1 2 Pepper, J. Patrick (March 29, 2010). "Sonic drive-in might open by mid-June". Times-Herald Newspapers. Dearborn, Michigan. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "About Us". Dortch Enterprises.com. Dortch Enterprises. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  7. 1 2 Rauschert, Jeff (December 28, 2010). "Halo Burger to be sold by Thomas family to Dortch Enterprises". NBC 25 News. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  8. ↑ Abramczyk, Ken (March 18, 2010). "Will Sonic boom on Seven Mile?". Observer. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  9. ↑ Acosta, Roberto (August 15, 2012). "Growth spurt: Halo Burger and Volunteers of America thrift store may bring boost to Burton economy". The Flint Journal. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  10. ↑ Franklin, Matt (Mar 15, 2013). "Halo Burger expands across the state". ABC 12. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  11. ↑ Allen, Jeremy (March 26, 2013). "Burton Halo Burger to open Wednesday, March 27". Flint Journal. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  12. ↑ Beaudoin, Andrea. Halo Burger now open. June 26, 2013. Clarkston News. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  13. ↑ Halo Burger Ribbon Cutting. Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. Accessed on November 1, 2013.
  14. ↑ Allmen, Philip (October 2, 2014). "Subway stores get new locations in Milford". Milford Times. O&E Media. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  15. ↑ Adams, Dominic (January 20, 2016). "Halo Burger chain has new owner". The Flint Journal. MLive Media Group. Retrieved January 21, 2016.

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