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UFood Grill opens in Dallas hospital

January 12, 2010

UFood Restaurant Group Inc. has opened a location in Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital, in a space previously occupied by McDonald's.

"Parkland has kept the Dallas community healthy for more than 115 years and offering nutritious meals for our hospital's patients, visitors and staff is an important part of that mission," John Haupert, chief operating officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System, said. "UFood Grill certainly fits that mold."

UFood Restaurant Group Inc.'s Texas franchisee Puente Concessions Inc. won a competitive bid process to be the new food vendor at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Puente Concessions operates a UFood Grill Restaurant in Terminal B of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and will operate both UFood Grill and an Urban Taco at the Parkland location.

"We aim to launch a powerful campaign targeting all major hospitals throughout America, extending to them the same opportunity of providing their employees, patients and visitors the much needed and well overdue benefit of UFood Grill's â€˜better-for-you' meals," UFood Grill's chairman and CEO George Naddaff said.

The new 8,200-square-foot space will accommodate 270 sit-down diners, as well as offer to-go service at the counter. To celebrate the grand opening, UFood Grill will offer four Real Deal combo meals for $6.99 each.

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