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Business Focus - Zaxby's expansion plans
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In this photo from March 2015, Zaxby's co-founders Zach McLeroy, holding microphone, and Tony Townley speak at the grand opening of the restaurant on the Georgia Southern University campus.
On March 27, 1990, Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley opened their first Zaxby's restaurant in Statesboro, almost exactly where the Zaxby's on the Georgia Southern campus now sits.
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