UPDATED — Sasnak Management has operated a number of concepts through the years — including current brands Carlos O’Kelly’s and Applebee’s — and now the company is considering one more.
“I would say we are continuing a conversation that we’ve had for years,” says Jon Rolph, Sasnak president.
He says there’s nothing even close to firm yet.
“We’re maybe having that conversation more seriously than in years past.”
Sasnak has 39 Carlos O’Kelly’s restaurants and 25 Applebee’s franchises in Iowa.
“It’s been a long time since we’ve done something new,” Rolph says.
He says the company has considered franchises through the years.
“We even took a run at buying a concept that we could franchise out a few years ago,” Rolph says.
“What really has our interest these days is to develop something we could grow internally and have control over.”
Rolph says with the experience and knowledge within Sasnak, that makes sense.
He says the company is “exploring it a little more intentionally.”
“Who knows where it will lead?”