First Watch makes doozy of a deal

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 1:50 p.m. May 28, 2015
  • Manatee-Sarasota
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UNIVERSITY PARK — In a year-plus of major growth moves, First Watch Restaurants now has a topper: The east Manatee County-based firm, already one of the leading breakfast, brunch and lunch concept chains in the country, has acquired another large chain, Centennial, Colo.-based The Egg & I Restaurants.

 

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