The Delight Restaurant Group has acquired 44 Wendy's Long Island-based restaurants in New York and has plans to build several Wendy's restaurants in the area and remodel some stores acquired, according to a news release.

'In total, the 44 restaurants — previously owned by the Wendy's company — employ more than 1,200 team members.

Delight Restaurant Group has total revenue of more than $290 million, along with 155 Wendy's and Taco Bell locations with this latest acquisition. This is Delight Restaurant Group's second acquisition this year after acquiring 54 Wendy's in North Carolina as part of the NPC bankruptcy sale process, previously reported on QSRweb. The company plans to continue to grow through through acquisitions and new unit development.

Terms of the deal announced today were not disclosed.

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