MOD Pizza is lining up yet another Sacramento-area outpost, with a franchise partner bringing the fast-casual chain to Lincoln’s busy Twelve Bridges corridor. The new shop is slated for 720 Twelve Bridges Drive and will be operated by Exceed Group, while the brand also appears to be chasing a separate location in the growing Folsom Ranch development.
As reported last Friday by What Now Sacramento, Exceed Group has confirmed it will run the Lincoln restaurant and will also oversee an upcoming MOD Pizza at Folsom Ranch’s Alder Creek Marketplace. The report lists the Lincoln site as 720 Twelve Bridges Drive and notes the chain already has about a dozen locations operating around the region.
Who's opening the new shops
Exceed Group describes itself online as a MOD Pizza franchise partner with multiple locations across the Sacramento area, according to Exceed Group. The operator’s site highlights stores from Arden to Roseville and Woodland, which suggests the group already controls a sizable slice of the local MOD presence.
Where the Lincoln site sits
Public property records show the parcel at 720 Twelve Bridges Drive is a roughly 1.1-acre commercial pad next to Walgreens and across the street from a Sutter medical campus, according to LoopNet. The listing bills the spot as retail-ready land, which goes a long way toward explaining why a quick-turn pizza franchise would plant its flag there.
MOD's local footprint and the bigger picture
MOD already operates a spread of area stores, from Arden to West Sacramento and Roseville, as shown on its MOD Pizza locations page. The brand has been reshaped since its 2024 sale to Elite Restaurant Group and has signaled a shift toward refranchising and operational refreshes, per MOD Pizza, a strategy that lines up neatly with fresh leases in suburban retail centers.
When it might open
What Now Sacramento reports that Exceed Group has not yet offered a firm opening timeline and that the outlet has reached out to the operator for more detail. In the meantime, local permitting filings and fresh leasing notices will likely be the clearest signals of when the oven is getting close to firing up.
For Lincoln shoppers, the new MOD will add another quick-casual option along the increasingly busy Twelve Bridges stretch. For MOD and its franchise partners, the Lincoln and Folsom Ranch moves fit into a broader effort to rebuild market share through franchised growth. Expect more clarity as the operator releases an opening schedule and construction activity starts to show at the site.
