Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Opens New Location in Edmonton
June 26 2024 - 11:42AM
DALLAS (June 26, 2024) – Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is continuing their
Canadian expansion with a new store opening in Edmonton this month.
The Texas-style barbecue brand, partnered with Owner/Operator
Denis Melhem will open Edmonton’s third store located at Manning
Town Centre, 15359 37 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5Y 0S5, Canada. The Pit
Crew will welcome their new guests with multiple weekly barbecue
specials including Mac-stack Monday: CAD $9.99 brisket Mac-Stack,
Tuesday: BOGO 50% Off on your choice of sandwiches, Wing Wednesday:
BOGO FREE 6 WINGS, Poutine Thursday: CAD $9.99 brisket Poutine.
“Our pit crew is so excited to be serving Dickey’s Legit. Texas.
Barbecue. to the community we love,” said Owner/Operator Denis
Melhem. “We hope our store will become another cornerstone of what
has quickly becoming a great barbecue culture on the prairies.”
“We are thrilled to be expanding Dickey’s Barbecue Pit within
the Edmonton community,” said, Roland Dickey, Jr., CEO, Dickey’s
Capital Group. “Denis is a fantastic partner and Pit Master, and we
have nothing but great confidence that this crew will succeed in
offering the perfect pit-smoked barbecue to their guests.”
Be on the lookout for details on the store’s Grand Opening “All
You Can Eat” Contest. Participants will receive the chance to win
FREE BBQ for a YEAR!
To learn more, follow Dickey’s Barbecue Pit on
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Download
the Dickey’s Barbecue Pit app from the Apple App
Store or Google Play.
About Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc.
Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., the world’s largest
barbecue concept, was founded in 1941 by the Dickey family. For the
past 80 years, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has served millions of guests
in 44 states Legit. Texas. Barbecue. ™ At Dickey’s, all our
barbecued meats are smoked onsite in a hickory wood burning pit.
Dickeys proudly believes there’s no shortcut to true barbecue and
it’s why our name isn’t BBQ. Dickey’s is led by both
Roland Dickey, Jr., CEO, Dickey’s Capital Group, who has had a
large hand in the brand’s international expansion into 8 countries,
as well as the opening of their USDA Certified manufacturing and
distribution plant, and his wife, Laura Rea Dickey, CEO, Dickey’s
Barbecue Pit, Inc. The Dallas-based, family-run barbecue franchise
offers eight slow-smoked meats and 12 wholesome sides with 'No B.S.
(Bad Stuff)' included. Dickey’s Barbecue has over 500 locations
across the United States and eight other countries.
Dickeys was named to Newsweek’s 2022 America’s Favorite
Restaurant Chains list, Nation’s Restaurant News 2024 list for
‘Fast-casual restaurant brands that scored the highest for ‘value’,
and USA Today 2021 readers’ choice awards. Dickeys has
finished in the Top 20 of the Fast Casual’s “Top 100
Movers and Shakers” four out of the past five years. The barbecue
brand been named a Top
500 Franchise by Entrepreneur and named
to Hospitality Technology’s Industry Heroes list. Led by
CEO Laura Rea Dickey, who was recently named to D Magazines
Top 500 CEO’s in 2023, was named among the country’s 50 most
influential women in foodservice in Nation’s Restaurant
News, was recognized by Fast Casual’s Top 100 Movers
and Shakers list and honored by Dallas Business
Journal. Dickey's Barbecue Pit has also been recognized
by Fox News, Forbes Magazine, Franchise Times, The Dallas
Morning News, The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine and QSR
Magazine. Dickey’s Barbecue is part of Dickey’s Restaurant Brands
which has more than 700 restaurants nationwide including brands
Wing Boss, Trailer Birds, Big Deal Burger and bbqathome.com. DRB is
led by CEO Roland Dickey Jr. For more information,
visit www.dickeys.com.
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit Opens in Edmonton
Shannon Santos
Dickey's Barbecue Pit
ssantos@dickeys.com