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| Shuckin' Shack owners Cook & Piccinin |
Shuckin’ Shack owners Sean Cook and Matt Piccinin opened their
flagship oyster bar on Carolina Beach in the fall of 2007, offering steamed
seafood with a full bar, and a casual, family friendly atmosphere to the locals
and visitors of the beach. Becoming a favorite seafood restaurant and a good
Shuckin’ time, Cook and Piccinin decided to recreate the concept in downtown
Wilmington in 2012. One year later, with two successful locations in eastern
North Carolina, the two have teamed up with veteran restaurant franchise
developer, Greg George, to expand the Shuckin’ Shack concept.
The Shuckin’ shack team has turned the concept into a turn-key
franchise opportunity complete with site selection, design and layout,
construction, marketing, and training to ensure success. One month into
Franchise development, the team has 5 new location agreements planned for the
coming year - three in Charlotte and two locations in the Carolina Beach
neighboring areas of Surf City / Topsail Island and Mayfaire / Porter’s Neck.
“The Shuckin’ Shack is a unique franchise opportunity
because of the niche oyster bar concept as well as a great name.”, said George.
Investors and six year patrons of the Shuckin’ Shack, Eric
Weller, Gary Weller, Wade Newman, and Phil Newman have plans in place to open
at least one of the Charlotte area locations by the end of 2014.
Investor Gary Weller said, “I kept telling myself for years
I would never get into the restaurant business, but if I did, it would
definitely be a Shuckin’ Shack!”
Owners Sean Cook and Matt Piccinin are very excited for
their first expansion to be in the biggest city in North Carolina.
“Expanding to Charlotte is a natural for us and will greatly
enhance the Shuckin’ Shack brand by having multiple locations in the area.
We’re excited about working with our new partners and looking forward to helping
them get their first location by years end.”
Retired military Jason Simas and his wife Bev are excited to
own a Shuckin’ Shack oyster bar and will be moving from Newport News, VA to
Topsail Island early 2015; Chris Cashwell, also retired military is moving to
Carolina Beach from Albuquerque, NM this month to select his location.
Owners Cook and Piccinin are excited about the quick
expansion and look forward to each location’s future success.
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