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title: "WOWorks Fast-Casual Restaurant Brands on Track for Impressive Growth in 2021 with New Store Openings"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/7d8d6086-9926-44df-b89d-b77d7501f8e9
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20210730_woworks_fastcasual_restaurant_brands_on_track_for_impressive_growth_in_2021.html
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
published: 2021-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:26:45.829Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1555396273-367ea4eb4db5?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# WOWorks Fast-Casual Restaurant Brands on Track for Impressive Growth in 2021 with New Store Openings

**TL;DR:** WOWorks is on track for impressive growth in 2021 with new store openings, including 18 locations in Q2, 83% of which are non-traditional restaurants. The company's brands, such as Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh and Frutta Bowls, are expanding into new locations, including airports, colleges, and grocery stores.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2021-07-30. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20210730_woworks_fastcasual_restaurant_brands_on_track_for_impressive_growth_in_2021.html).*

## Story

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

- WOWorks restaurants as a whole have seen strong growth with its brands in non-traditional restaurant venues such as Ghost Kitchens, Combo Kitchens, grocery stores, airports, colleges and universities.

- Among the 18 locations that have opened in Q2, 83 percent have been non-traditional restaurants.

- In June, Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh opened its first restaurant in Salt Lake City Airport. This is the brand’s first location in Utah.

- In June, Frutta Bowls’ signed a franchise agreement with SteelCraft, a trendy outdoor eatery concept that uses shipping containers as a restaurant space. This marks the brand’s debut in California.

- Saladworks was named No. 7 on the 2021 list of the Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers, while WOWorks CEO Kelly Roddy claimed the No. 2 spot on the Top 25 Executives within the Fast Casual Industry.

This month WOWorks opened its first Saladworks and Frutta Bowls co-branded location in East Norriton, Pennsylvania as well as their first ever grocery location. They also have stores opening in Pennsylvania, Norfolk, Virginia, West Bloomfield, Michigan, and Reno, Nevada.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- California (location)
- Pennsylvania (location)
- Saladworks (company)
- WOWorks (company)
- non-traditional locations (topic)
- Kelly Roddy (person)
- Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh (company)
- Frutta Bowls (company)
- Reno, Nevada (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20210730_woworks_fastcasual_restaurant_brands_on_track_for_impressive_growth_in_2021.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/7d8d6086-9926-44df-b89d-b77d7501f8e9).