WOWorks Fast-Casual Restaurant Brands Show Growth in 2021 with New Store Openings, Signed Franchise Agreements and Co-Branded Growth Opportunities

Some notable WOWorks growth milestones and key accomplishments in the past year include:

• WOWorks restaurants as a whole have seen growth with its brands in non-traditional restaurant venues

• Among the 60 WOWorks restaurants that opened across the US and Canada, nearly 48 percent were non-traditional openings.

• WOWorks opened 15 new locations in Canada, 17 Ghost Kitchens locations, and 10 Combo Kitchen locations.

• 18 percent of non-traditional openings were in grocery retail stores, including the first franchisee-owned store-within-a-store Frutta Bowls restaurant in Doylestown, PA.

• With seven Saladworks and four Frutta Bowls, the company opened 11 store-within-a-store restaurants at grocery locations.

• Besides traditional stand-alone restaurant development, WOWorks opened six co-branded restaurant locations.

• WOWorks’ 2021 growth also included new Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh openings in the Salt Lake City Airport and Binghamton University.

• Pennsylvania had the most WOWorks restaurants open in 2021. With seven Saladworks, five Frutta Bowls and two Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh, the state representing 23 percent of WOWorks overall 2021 growth.

• Saladworks had the most robust growth with nine franchise and seven corporate openings.

• On top of their 60-unit growth, WOWorks added the Simple Greek Brand in 2021, growing the company’s portfolio to four healthy halo restaurant brands.