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Lisa Jennings, Executive Editor

October 6, 2021

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As Smashburger brings its “better burger” brand into the Los Angeles market for the first time this week, the chain’s private-equity owner Consumer Capital Partners is also expanding its restaurant concept portfolio in Colorado.

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Tom Ryan, Smashburger’s founder and chief concept officer, was in the Los Angeles area Tuesday for the opening of a Smashburger in Thousand Oaks, Calif., in southeastern Ventura County. It is the chain’s 163rd location and the first of 40 to 60 planned for the greater L.A. area over the next five to seven years — about half of which will be company owned.

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About the Author

Lisa Jennings

Executive Editor, Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality

Lisa Jennings is executive editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She joined the NRN staff as West Coast editor in 2004 as a veteran journalist. Before joining NRN, she spent 11 years at The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis, Tenn., most recently as editor of the Food and Health & Wellness sections. Prior experience includes staff reporting for the Washington Business Journal and United Press International.

Lisa’s areas of expertise include coverage of both large public restaurant chains and small independents, the regulatory and legal landscapes impacting the industry overall, as well as helping operators find solutions to run their business better.

Lisa Jennings’ experience:

Executive editor, NRN (March 2020 to present)

Executive editor, Restaurant Hospitality (January 2018 to present)

Senior editor, NRN (September 2004 to March 2020)

Reporter/editor, The Commercial Appeal (1990-2001)

Reporter, Washington Business Journal (1985-1987)

Contact Lisa Jennings at:

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