Hearing date named

in Slim Chickens suit

A Washington County judge has set a court date to hear fast-casual chain Slim Chickens' arguments for dismissal of a suit brought against it by a franchisee group.

St. Louis-based R Solution, which includes three entities that share common ownership of 10 Slim Chickens franchises, sued in Washington County Circuit Court in June, claiming Slim Chickens painted a picture of a lucrative and scalable franchise opportunity while the reality was "starkly different."

R Solution said it invested more than $15 million developing the stores and $450,000 for development rights in Missouri and Illinois. It claims Slim Chickens also breached its franchise agreement in several aspects, including how the company calculates royalties and its rejection of more c

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