SYRACUSE — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) has completed its acquisition of Rockville, Maryland–based Republic Foods Inc., which operates 17 Burger King restaurants in Maryland.
The restaurants are located in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. markets, Carrols said in a news release.
Carrols is “pleased” to complete this transaction which it obtained through the “exercise of our right of first refusal,” Daniel Accordino, CEO of Carrols, said.
(Sponsored)

Time to Prepare for OSHA’s new “Walkaround Rule”
In a development consistent with President Biden‘s growing reputation as leading the most pro-union administration in history, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a rule allowing employees

In a World of Complex Cyber Threats, Small Fixes Still Work
Cybersecurity headlines seem to get scarier by the week. Ransomware brings international airports to a standstill. Artificial intelligence is being used to supercharge phishing campaigns and discover new vulnerabilities. Nation-states
“We are excited since this acquisition provides a strategic entry point for us to further expand our presence in the mid-Atlantic region going forward. These restaurants, with average sales volumes of almost $2.0 million, are also significantly higher than our system average and should be highly accretive [to earnings] as we integrate them with our existing operations,” said Accordino.
Syracuse–based Carrols is the largest Burger King franchisee in the U.S. with 804 restaurants as of June 12. It has operated Burger King restaurants since 1976.


