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Restaurant Chains Lays Out Expansion Plans

FERNDALE, MI-bd's Mongolian barbeque plans 10 new restaurants a year in the Midwest for the next several years, including a non-profit franchise in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia.

By Dan Heaton | Updated on October 27, 2004

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FERNDALE, MI-The 23-restaurant bd’s Mongolian Barbeque chain says it plans to open 10 locations a year over the next several years as it moves more heavily into the franchise arena. Billy Downs, the “bd” in bd’s Mongolian Barbeque, says the locally based restaurant company is also making a somewhat unique expansion–it will be opening anonprofit franchise in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. The franchise will operate in conjunction with and help fund a youth charity program in Mongolia.

Downs says about half of the company’s 23 restaurants are company-owned and that he plans to open one company restaurant a year for the next several years, mostly in Michigan. “We’re ready to get more into franchising now and most of our growth will come from that route,” he says.

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