Smalls Sliders® Dropping Six Cans in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas. – Smalls Sliders, the breakout cheeseburger slider brand with over 300 Cans open or under development, has signed its latest multi-unit agreement with St. Louis-based entrepreneur, Brett Stewart. Stewart will further amplify the brand’s awareness and help bolster its extensive footprint as he plans to drop six Cans throughout Fort Worth targeting the southwest region.

Stewart, eager to join the fast-growing brand, brings extensive professional experience ranging from investment and portfolio management to also managing a real estate holding company. Additionally, with over 14 years as an active franchisee with other esteemed QSR brands, he’s well-equipped to expand the innovative brand’s footprint in the bustling city as he looks to drop the first of his six Cans in 2025.

"Smalls Sliders is truly unlike any other concept in the QSR industry," said Stewart. "Having worked alongside other QSR brands, I knew Smalls Sliders was special and wanted to be a part of its extensive growth. I couldn’t be more thrilled to join Smalls as it continues to achieve record-breaking growth and can't wait to bring its craveable cheeseburger sliders to even more communities across Fort Worth."

Through this latest development announcement, the brand is planning to drop Cans in Fort Worth, White Settlement, Weatherford, Granbury, Cleburne, and Stephenville. 

"We are incredibly excited for Brett to join our Smalls Squad as a franchisee,” said Don Crocker, Chief Development Officer of Smalls Sliders. “We’ve already seen great traction across Texas and are confident that Brett will uphold our standards for excellence as we continue our growth across the region. Operators with so much relevant industry experience, like Brett, help establish our solid foundation as we continue growing in new and existing markets, and ultimately explode nationwide.”

Smalls Sliders opened its first signature ‘Smorange™’ colored Can in 2019. Since its inception, Smalls Sliders has disrupted the QSR industry with its stacked leadership team and robust development pipeline, furthering its rapid growth trajectory with more than 300 Cans open or under development. The brand continues to garner high-level industry recognition, with Nation’s Restaurant News featuring Smalls Sliders in its “Breakout Brands of 2023”, and QSR Magazineranking the brand in its annual QSR 50 Contenders list in 2023 and 2024. Other accolades include ranking on Entrepreneur magazine’s “Top New & Emerging Franchises” list in 2023 and 2024 and landing on Technomic’s 2024 Future 50 Growth Chains which highlights the fastest-growing restaurant chains. 

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About Smalls Sliders

Smalls Sliders is one of the fastest-growing brands in the restaurant industry, specializing exclusively in fresh, cooked-to-order cheeseburger sliders that are small in size but big in taste. Equipped with a streamlined drive-thru, walk-up window and unique modular buildout, the Atlanta-based brand is headed towards nationwide growth with locations opening across the Southeast, Southwest, Midwest, and West Coast. These expansion plans are spearheaded by Smalls Sliders’ stacked leadership team, each bringing numerous decades of restaurant experience to the table. Smalls Sliders is the brainchild of restaurateur visionary Brandon Landry, led by industry veteran Maria Rivera, CEO, and is backed by 10 Point Capital and former NFL star Drew Brees, as investors. For more information on how Smalls Sliders is the biggest thing to happen to burgers since buns, visit www.smallssliders.com.