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Fox sells Sauce pizzerias to group headed by Ra Sushi co-founder

Phoenix-based Fox Restaurant Concepts has sold its nine Sauce pizzerias in the Valley and Tucson, including locations in Chandler and Mesa.

The buyer is a group headed by Scott Kilpatrick, one of the original founders of Ra Sushi, which was launched in Scottsdale in 1997.

Prolific restaurateur Sam Fox still more than a dozen concepts under his corporate umbrella, including Zinburger, True Food Kitchen, Culinary Dropout, Wildflower, Olive & Ivy, and Flower Child.