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Dickey's barbecue Franchise is a fast casual chain of restaurants going from strength to strength. Such is their success that existing franchisees are now outgrowing their initial investments and looking to expand. Richard Aronson of Bakersfield is one such, Navy Veteran and professor Dr. T.L. Driver of Poulsbo WA is another on the list. All in all, there are two franchisees opening new locations across Washington and California, each with a three-day barbeque extravaganza to celebrate.

IBM has predicted that big data will be the biggest boom industry of the decade, worth billions of dollars by 2020. This is because the capability to analyze every single behavior has been made possible by computers able to record the data and processors powerful enough to analyze it. Many businesses are considering the potential of Big Data, and Dickey's BARBECUE CEO Roland Dickey Jr. is an early advocate, having overseen the design of a custom big data engine to analyze the opportunities for growth within his Texas barbeque franchise. Dickey Jr. claims it will be a gateway to new prosperity and growth for one of the fastest growing chains in the US.

Dickey's Barbeque Restaurants are a third generation, family owned company, and are now under the leadership of Roland Dickey Jr. When he took custodianship of the company in 2006, they had just twenty restaurants. Now, in 2015, they have just celebrated opening their 500th.