All Points History
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River North Rundown
Senior Staff Stats
100
The year All Points was founded.

What is 2011?

100

This term refers to the person or company that grants the license to a third party to do business under their brand.

What is a Franchisor?

100

This current client has Drake as a franchisee.

What is Dave’s Hot chicken?

100

This local restaurant storefront is the filming site of the popular TV series, The Bear.

What is Mr. Beef?

100

This senior staff member’s first car was a Volkswagen Beetle.

Who is Joey?

200

The oldest Izaks puppy.

Who is Cubby?

200

This is a person or company who owns several locations of the same franchise and/or who owns several franchises with different brands.

What is a multi-unit franchisee?

200

This current client’s first location was in an antique shop in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago.

What is Potbelly?

200

This major river gives River North its name.

What is the Chicago River?

200

This senior staff member’s first job was as a cake decorator for a Dairy Queen Franchisee.

Who is Emily Cashen?

300

All Points has had this many addresses over the years.

What is 3?

300

This document is legally required in the U.S. and must be shared before a franchise sale—it outlines fees, history, and obligations.

What is a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)?

300

In the music video for Billie Eilish’s hit “Therefore I Am,” she’s seen running through an empty mall and grabbing a snack from this franchise.

What is Wetzel's Pretzels?

300

Hidden behind a faux fortune teller shop on Hubbard Street, this River North speakeasy is known for craft cocktails and a little mystery.

What is The Bassment?

300

This senior staff member went to college to be a meteorologist.

Who is Bailey?

400

This is the longest-standing current All Points client.

What is Children's Lighthouse?

400

This is an event where prospective franchisees and franchisors get the opportunity to vet each other. The franchisor takes prospective franchisees to corporate headquarters to present the franchise opportunity, meet the corporate team, and more.

What is a discovery day?

400

While it may be new to franchising, this energizing brand is celebrating a milestone 30th anniversary in 2025.

What is CC's Coffee House?
400

This wavy skyscraper, designed by architect Jeanne Gang, is the tallest building in the world designed by a woman and a standout on Chicago’s skyline.

What is the St. Regis Chicago?

400

This senior staff member has a master’s degree in crisis communication.

Who is Maddie?

500

This is the year Pod 4 was added to the team.

What is 2018?

500

This term refers to a franchising model where the franchisee has the right to open multiple units within a defined territory.

What is an area development agreement?

500

Which current restaurant client has the highest AUV/AGS?

What is Golden Corral?

500

Before it became the trendy neighborhood we know today, River North was known in the 1970s as this less glamorous name.

What is Smokey Hollow?

500

In a quirky twist on high school superlatives, this senior staffer was voted most likely to ride in a shopping cart.

Who is Spencer?