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Posted: December 27, 2024
2024 Year in Review: Dennis Serpone, The National Restaurant Exchange
Founder
The National Restaurant Exchange
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts?
2024 will close out as the most successful and busiest in 45 years. The National Restaurant Exchange is recognized as the go-to resource for restaurant groups looking to add to their portfolios and conversely, given the need to sell, National has become the most responsive in finding the appropriate buyer. Attaining the goal of closing a restaurant transaction every other week and exceeding sales eclipsing $10 million has been a monumental goal built on many years of developing business and personal relationships. Given the euphoria generated with the Trump presidency, 2025 should be the strongest economic year in decades. Hold on!
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