Why IPOs Are Sizzling: 3 Ingredients For Growth

Over a dozen fast casual restaurants have gone public since 2012 – including Zoe’s Kitchen, Fogo de Chão, Bojangles, El Pollo Loco and Dave & Buster’s Inc. – and investors are gobbling up their shares. Burger chain operators Shake Shack Inc. and Habit Restaurants Inc. more than doubled their IPO prices on the first day of trading¹. Why are restaurant IPOs so hot? And what lessons