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Newk's Eatery is an American chain of
Newk's Eatery was founded in 2004 as Newk's Express Café by father and son chefs, Don and Chris Newcomb, with the first store opening in
Official websiteNewk's Eatery corporate history
{{Fast-food chains of the United States Coffeehouses and cafés in the United States Companies based in Jackson, Mississippi Private equity portfolio companies Restaurant chains in the United States Bakery cafés Restaurants established in 2004 Fast casual restaurants Restaurant franchises 2004 establishments in Mississippi American companies established in 2004 Restaurants in Mississippi Companies based in Mississippi
fast casual
A fast casual restaurant, found primarily in the United States and Canada, does not offer full table service, but advertises higher quality food than fast food restaurants, with fewer frozen or processed ingredients. It is an intermediate conc ...
cafés which operates over 100 restaurants in 13 states.
Corporate history
Newk's Eatery was founded in 2004 as Newk's Express Café by father and son chefs, Don and Chris Newcomb, with the first store opening in Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
, Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
. Newcomb and Newcomb had previously created and sold the restaurant chain McAlister's Deli.
In 2013, the company rebranded itself as Newk's Eatery. In addition to the updated name, the company introduced a fresh design to its logo.
The business was bought by private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners
Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C. is an American private-equity firm focusing on mid-market companies. The company is headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1994 by David Lobel and John McCormack after working together at Salomon Smith ...
in 2014 for an undisclosed amount, identifying the chain's opportunity for growth as a driving factor in the decision to acquire the company. Sentinel, which specializes in buying and building companies, implemented a plan for rapid growth. Shortly after its acquisition by Sentinel, Newk's announced plans to grow to more than 300 units by 2018.
Today, over 100 Newk's locations operate in 13 U.S. states. The company is headquartered in Jackson
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, Mississippi
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. Newk's announced $141 million in revenue in 2014.
Fare
Newk's sells gourmet made-from-scratchsandwich
A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a po ...
es, soups, salad
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s, California-style pizza
California-style pizza (also known as California pizza) is a style of single-serving pizza that combines New York and Italian thin crust with toppings from the California cuisine cooking style. Its invention is generally attributed to chef E ...
s, desserts
Dessert is a course that concludes a meal. The course consists of sweet foods, such as confections, and possibly a beverage such as dessert wine and liqueur. In some parts of the world, such as much of Greece and West Africa, and most parts of ...
, fresh fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...
, coffee
Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world.
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, specialty drinks, wine, beer, and a large variety of related items. The restaurant chain, situated on the upscale spectrum of fast casual, maintains a strong culinary focus with all products made from scratch, with fresh ingredients in each store daily. Defining features of the company's restaurants are open kitchens and large round tables with complementary gourmet condiments, toppings, and breadstick crackers.
See also
*List of bakery cafés
This is a list of notable bakery cafés. A bakery (or baker's shop) is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also coffeehouses, ser ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Fast-food chains of the United States Coffeehouses and cafés in the United States Companies based in Jackson, Mississippi Private equity portfolio companies Restaurant chains in the United States Bakery cafés Restaurants established in 2004 Fast casual restaurants Restaurant franchises 2004 establishments in Mississippi American companies established in 2004 Restaurants in Mississippi Companies based in Mississippi