Red Mango has awarded its first franchise agreement in Denver as part of an expansion plan to add more than 20 locations across the region over the next three to five years, which all will be locally owned and operated.
Dayle Revious, an on-air personality with a local Denver television station, and her business partners Michele Melnick and Carrie Goff, signed a single-store agreement and will open the first Red Mango in the spring of 2010.
"It's a very healthy product that is attractive to a lot of people," Revious said. "And Colorado in general is an ideal market for Red Mango because people really value their health and their bodies."
Goff will act as the store's general manager and has extensive experience in restaurant operations including ventures with fast food retail chains and luxury dining establishments. Additionally, Goff handled ground floor operations and oversaw more than 400 employees to launch a national restaurant chain in New York.
"Denver offers the perfect customer base for Red Mango's brand promise to deliver health, taste and style," said James Franks, Red Mango vice president of franchising. "We serve a product that not only tastes great but is good for you too. And we see a huge opportunity to bring that to Denver and throughout Colorado where healthy food options are embraced."
Red Mango launched a national franchise program in 2009 to answer growing consumer demand for a healthy food option that has resulted in some 40 franchise signings with a commitment of 209 new locations to-date.
