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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Predecessor | ShoppersChoice.com |
| Founded | 1998[1] |
| Founder | Mike Hackley and Ladina Hackley[2] |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Brand Velocity Partners[3] |
Number of employees | 294[4] (2021[4]) |
| Website | bbqguys.com |
BBQGuys is a barbecue grill retailer headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was founded in 1998 by Air Force veteran Michael Hackley[5] and his wife, Ladina Hackley, as the Grill Store & More, and later rebranded as BBQGuys as the store transitioned to online retail during the dot-com bubble. In 2019, BBQGuys was awarded the Small Business of the Week by the United States Senate Committee. In late 2020, the company was acquired by private equity firm Brand Velocity Partners.
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- ^ VoyageHouston (July 2020). "Meet Mike Hackley of BBQGuys". VoyageHouston. Retrieved July 15, 2020.