The owners of Chicago-based Freshii have signed a master franchise agreement with Andreas Kotal, owner of Vienna, Austria's, Salad Room, to convert his existing restaurant into a Freshii location and expand the brand throughout Eastern Europe.
Kotal is a graduate of University of Vienna, Law School, where he also majored in economics and business administration. He first saw Freshii in Toronto where he operates Canada's largest fleet marketing company, CityFlitz.
Freshii, which started in Toronto, is now headquartered in Chicago, and has 16 opened locations in the United States and Canada, and another 100-plus in development in New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Colorado, Los Angeles and now Eastern Europe.
Freshii restaurants range in size from 150 square-foot kiosks to 1,500 square-foot inline locations and are a blend of high-volume customized meals, grab-and-go, and gourmet snack food.
