Five Guys Burger and Fries to open Shoppers Mall location
2/17/2010 at 4:42 PM
A few weeks after the confirmation of West 49 coming to the Shoppers Mall, I've been informed by Five Guys Burger and Fries that they will be opening their first rumoured Brandon location in the Mall.
Apparently it will not be simply a food court eating option... They will be setting up in a regular unit at the mall. The description I was given was "at the Shoppers Mall but not in the Shoppers Mall. The unit just South of Zellers, about 50 steps from the Zellers front entrance." I'm trying to get official confirmation on the exact spot, but my interpretation of that is the spot that Lady of the Lake once used as a temporary home (see picture at right)? Either way, I will try to confirm and post.
Some may have noticed that they've had a job ad posted in the classifieds for a couple weeks:
http://www.ebrandon.ca/ItemView.aspx?item_id=191683
It sounds like they have some pretty aggressive expansion plans for Manitoba, with Brandon being their first market. Here's a story from the National Post in November that talks about the franchise and their Canadian expansion plans:
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theappetizer/archive/2009/11/24/five-guys-burgers-and-fries-expanding-into-canada.aspx
For an idea of how the franchise is setup in the US, their US corporate site is:
http://fiveguys.com/home.aspx