Rita's Italian Ice, the world's largest Italian Ice concept with over 600 stores, announced it has awarded franchise and area development agreements for New Mexico and three cities in southern Colorado, Durango, Pagosa Springs and Trinidad, to RNM Management, Inc., owned by Dave and Mark Gaulden, Albuquerque residents and long-time entrepreneurs. As Rita's expands to their 26th state, plans call for 30 stores to be developed over eight years with the first location planned for Albuquerque in March of 2015.

According to Mark Gaulden, the company plans on developing Albuquerque and Santa Fe with 14 company owned stores and sub-franchising the remaining areas of the territory.

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