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The first franchise location of the Spin! Neapolitan Pizza brand opened in Southern California last month, marking a next generation of growth for the Hofman Hospitality Group — and its next generation.
The Hofman family has been running restaurants in Southern California for more than 60 years. Harold Hofman first opened a beach stand in Long Beach, Calif., that offered “Hofburgers” and cheese dogs. That concept grew into Hof’s Hut Restaurant & Bakery, founded in 1951, which has five locations today.
Harold Hofman’s son Craig Hofman later took over, and in the late 1990s developed the Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que brand, a soon-to-be-18-unit casual-dining chain, which was added to the family’s portfolio.
The family’s latest move was becom...
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