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Smashburger lands at Toronto airport

July 11, 2016

Smashburger has announced the opening of its first restaurant with franchisee HMS Host. The new restaurant opened at Toronto Pearson International Airport on July 9, a press releas said. As previously announced, the brand will claim another nontraditional location with the opening later this year of a store on the campus at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana.

"We are excited to expand Smashburger's footprint in Canada to Toronto Pearson International Airport," company president and CEO Mike Nolan said in the release. "We continuously evaluate our restaurants and operations to determine new places to provide our well-known better burger concept to consumers. We felt that this nontraditional location is well suited to deliver the highest quality, future-forward burger experience."

"Our objective is to offer passengers more choice, fast service and a high-quality experience," said Michael Ross, director of commercial development at Toronto Pearson Airport. "We're very proud to attract innovative brands like Smashburger and we're certain that passengers will be delighted with their tasty burgers!"