Let's Dish! Goes to Columbia, S.C. with New Franchise Agreement

Kabob Sparkleberry LLC is owned by Columbia husband-wife team Kathy and Bob Sleigher. This is the first franchise development for both Kathy, who works in the business finance industry specializing in franchise financing, and Bob, a pilot who has been in the aviation industry for more than 30 years. The Sleighers plan to open their Let’s Dish! franchise store in mid to late summer 2006 at Sparkleberry Crossing in northeast Columbia, located off Interstate 20 at Clemson Road and Sparkleberry.
“Let’s Dish! is the breakaway brand in this category and our ability to attract new, motivated partners such as Kabob Sparkleberry is a testament to our success,” said Lundquist. “We’ve spent two years laying the groundwork and have built a strong, sustainable business model with enormous growth potential. We are excited to share with Midlands families a whole new way to serve craveable meals at home.”
Kathy Sleigher, whose busy lifestyle left little time to prepare meals at home and was tired of the expense associated with eating out all the time, loved the solution the retail meal preparation concept offered busy families like hers. When it came to starting a franchise business, though, she said the decision came down to the quality of the food.

“When we decided to join the industry, we chose Let’s Dish! for one very important reason – the food,” said Kathy, president of Kabob Sparkleberry LLC. “Let’s Dish! has fresh, delicious, wholesome food of the same quality you’d use at home. We’re excited to partner with a company that cares about providing that level of quality to its customers and does it in a fun, energizing atmosphere.”
Let’s Dish! currently has four company-owned locations in the fast-growing Twin Cities suburbs of Eden Prairie, Maple Grove, Woodbury and Apple Valley, MN. The company has stores currently open or in development in eight states nationwide.