Franchising
Picture: Mr Gatti’s Pizza
February 25, 2026
Mr Gatti’s Pizza has introduced the acquisition of its Shepherdsville and Brandenburg, Kentucky, eating places by skilled native entrepreneurs, in line with a press launch.
Multi-unit franchisee Aftab Siddiqui has bought the Mr Gatti’s restaurant at 162 Joe B. Corridor Ave. in Shepherdsville, marking his fourth Mr Gatti’s location. Serial enterprise entrepreneur Richie Chism has acquired his hometown’s Brandenburg restaurant at 584 Bypass Street.
“It was an ideal match of my love for Mr Gatti’s and my mission to protect high quality jobs for each crew member whereas persevering with to serve nice meals at an unimaginable value to our area people,” Siddiqui, whose Shepherdsville restaurant has been open since 1983, stated within the press launch.
“Aftab and Richie are precisely the sort of franchise companions we worth,” Jim Phillips, CEO of Mr Gatti’s Pizza, stated within the press launch. “They perceive the significance of group, crew tradition and reinvesting within the enterprise. Their dedication demonstrates sturdy confidence within the Mr Gatti’s system and our potential to construct on a strong legacy for years to return.”
Mr Gatti’s has greater than 200 areas open or in improvement throughout Texas and the Southeastern U.S. The model can be trying to develop in Houston.
