December 2017 Digital Issue
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COMPANY OF THE YEAR<br />
NOTHING<br />
TO<br />
CHANCE<br />
Led by founder and CEO<br />
Scott Morison’s singular vision,<br />
Browns Restaurant Group<br />
dares to be different<br />
BY CHRIS POWELL<br />
PHOTOGRAPH BY IAN McCAUSLAND<br />
CEO Scott “Scotty” Morison<br />
of Browns Restaurant Group<br />
IT DEBUTED 13 YEARS AGO with a name randomly<br />
selected from a phone book, but nothing in the Browns Restaurant<br />
Group (BRG) journey since has been left to fate.<br />
Today, the Vancouver-based company finds itself closing in on<br />
annual sales of $150 million, with several new additions to its flagship<br />
chain, Browns Socialhouse, on tap and a series of complementary<br />
concepts in various stages of development.<br />
Along the way, it has become a beacon for would-be franchisees<br />
attracted by an enticing combination of steady year-over-year revenue<br />
growth and a dining concept — premium casual — that analysts<br />
say possesses considerable upside.<br />
From its conception to its current success, the company’s<br />
course has been assiduously charted by its founder and CEO Scott<br />
“Scotty” Morison, a veteran restaurateur and a member of the B.C.<br />
Restaurant Hall of Fame’s Class of 2014.<br />
DECEMBER <strong>2017</strong> FOODSERVICE AND HOSPITALITY 21
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