Winnetka, IL-Based Byron David Trott Acquires a Majority Stake of Whataburger

[kevinb1994]

Unsurprisingly, Texans are mad that their beloved fast-food chain has "˜sold out' to an outside (as in, out-of-region and out-of-state) venture capital firm.

EDIT: Here's a Heavy article with more on Trott's firm, BDT Capital Partners:

https://heavy.com/news/2019/06/bdt-capital-partners/

Me thinks that the parties involved are interested in a Canadian (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver), Hawaiian (Honolulu), and Midwestern (Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Omaha, Minneapolis, Wichita, Cleveland, St. Louis, St. Paul, Cincinnati, Madison, and Des Moines) expansion plan.