During my undergraduate years I went to Fuzzy’s at least
once a week. Usually, I went on Saturday nights after a long day of studying. I
use to switch off between Fuzzy’s and Whataburger for fast food followed by
7-11 for a brownie. Anyways I was always impressed by how well run Fuzzy’s was
run. Fuzzy’s opened a store in Jersey Village (outside of Houston) but was only
open for a short time before it closed. This was surprising considering how great
Fuzzy’s food is and how popular it is.
Fuzzy’s offers low cost high quality Mexican food with
the original store being located on Berry Street right next to the TCU campus.
If you go to Fuzzy’s on a Friday or Saturday night it will be packed. Even
during lunch time it is fairly busy.
Originally Fuzzy’s was not profitable in 2003. However,
Chuck Bush saw something different and realized what Fuzzy’s could be. Bush
paid $90,000 in July 2003 from the original owner. By 2007 there were close to
forty Fuzzy’s stores. The total cost of running a restaurant can run from more
than $300,000 to less than $700,000. Another positive thing is that prices for
things on Fuzzy’s menu have not increased since 2003 which is rare considering
inflation does exist even today. The company also gives workers .5% of sales as
their bonus. Fuzzy’s typically opens in college towns. Hopefully, now they seem
to be opening more locations in larger cities. I attended Texas Tech and I
believe the year before I attended (2008) the first Fuzzy’s store was open.
Fuzzy’s was just as popular in Lubbock, Texas as Fort Worth, Texas.
Chuck Busch himself had experience in the restaurant industry.
He started out at a restaurant in Abilene and went from server to running
become the general manager after he graduated college. He then worked at
Hooters for a while and then eventually decided to get into Fuzzy’s. Fuzzy’s
just on the franchise sales (food not included) has made $1 million in 2010
which was up $800,000 from the prior year. This past January Fuzzy’s opened its
50th store near Love Field Airport.
Fuzzy’s illustrates the story of how one man with a
vision to improve and expand on what existed. Even though Fuzzy’s expanded the
quality has not seemed to suffer. You can’t really recommend anything to order
anything since everything at Fuzzy’s is great.
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