Springfield to get Dagwood’s Sandwich Shoppe

Dagwood’s Sandwich Shoppes has headquarters in Clearwater, Fla., and is based on “Blondie” comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead.

Springfield will be one of the first cities to get a Dagwood’s Sandwich Shoppe. The company launched less than a year ago and opened its flagship store just four months ago in Palm Harbor, Fla.

The restaurants feature more than 20 sandwiches, soups and salads. Sandwich offerings include hot pastrami, tuna melt, New Orleans roast beef po’ boy, turkey avocado club and the Dagwood, which has three slices of deli bread with 12 toppings for $8.90.

“We’re absolutely thrilled to be a part of this,” said Tom Dapp, who plans to open his first restaurant at an unspecified south-side Springfield location by May 15.

The Dapps, who already own Business Financing Solutions Inc. and TP Dapp and Associates, will sell about 64 more Dagwood Sandwich Shoppes franchise locations in Springfield, Joplin and Kansas City.

See SBJ’s Feb. 19 issue for more on this story.