Beginning in the early 2000s, we wondered if we were experiencing the slow and painful death of the chain restaurant. Restaurant goers were looking elsewhere for healthier options, and younger generations increasingly craved unique and trendy over reliable, cheap, or convenient. Even thousands of locations and global expansion couldn’t guarantee success for struggling chain restaurants. Confronted with the ever-expanding market of curbside pick-up and food delivery apps, if a family-friendly chain didn’t keep up with the times, it was all too easy to fall into bankruptcy, or worse, fade into irrelevance.
New location kicks off 2024 openings for the froyo brand
OMAHA, Neb., June 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Orange Leaf, a frozen yogurt pioneer and iconic family-friendly brand specializing in frozen yogurt, smoothies and power bowls, announces the grand opening of its newest Omaha, Neb. store located inside the Holiday Inn at 1420 Cuming St.
The Orange Leaf in Omaha is owned by business partners Kirt Trivedi and Dr. Deepak Gangahr. Together they own Anant with Trivedi serving as the president and Dr. Gangahar as the chairman. The company specializes in real estate development, operations management, and construction. They manage more than 14 properties within the hotel, apartment and restaurant industry. Trivedi has decades of development and operations management experience and an eye for attractive opportunities to expand his business offerings. The Orange Leaf investment was a strategic development to offer a familiar, delicious, and family-friendly treat for guests at his hotel properties under a simple, flexible and innovative labor model for his employees.
From left to right, Mike Higby, sons Bryce and Austin, and wife Yvonne Higby.
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By ZACH FREEMAN
AZLE — Mike Higby, a United States Air Force veteran, will soon open an Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt shop in Azle. Higby is from a third-generation military family who has lived almost everywhere in the country. A considerable amount of his time was spent growing up in Alaska, where much of his family still lives. He first joined the U.S. Air Force in 1996 and served until 2019. In that time, Higby lived in California, Spain and Germany before eventually settling in Azle. He worked as an aircraft mechanic, maintaining large aircraft platforms.
Now back in civilian life, Higby hopes to use his military experience to succeed as an entrepreneur. He had never heard of Orange Leaf until he discovered a location in nearby Lake Worth. He and his wife quickly made the place a regular weekend habit.
CHARLOTTE — Charlotte-based Clean Juice is being acquired by BRIX Holdings LLC.
The Dallas-based multi-brand franchising portfolio has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the organic juice chain’s assets, with the deal set to close within the next several weeks. Terms were not disclosed.
Clean Juice has more than 75 existing locations and a dozen in development. Its stores sell organic juices as well as acai bowls, toasts, wraps, sandwiches and protein smoothies.
The popular eatery caters to a growing population of consumers.
One of the fastest growing trends in the food and beverage industry is the health-conscious movement, which may be easy to miss if you don’t know what you’re looking at.
Browse the shelves at your local grocery store and you may notice more organic and less-processed foods than you might have seen several years ago. Nearly every large grocery chain stocks some sort of in-house or generic organic brand.
Stores like Stop & Shop and Giant stock Nature’s Promise organic goods, which includes everything from canned goods to produce. Publix carries Greenwise, which includes produce, yogurt and breakfast cereal. Kroger (KR) stocks Simple Truth, also featuring organic produce, pasta and packaged goods like spaghetti sauce.
But it’s easy to miss these products unless you take the time to look at labels, most of which tend to be green but subtle. Many customers in big-box grocery stores are seeking the best prices and tend to be less concerned about organic goods, which largely are pricier.
The acquisition is expected to close in the next several weeks.Clean Juice, the North Carolina-based organic juice bar franchise, is landing under new ownership. Last week, Brix Holdings, a multi-brand restaurant portfolio company, announced that it will acquire the chain.
This acquisition will add more than 75 existing Clean Juice locations, plus a dozen more in development, to Brix’s portfolio. It will also bring the company’s store count to 300 locations across eight brands. These include Friendly’s, Orange Leaf, Red Mango, Smoothie Factory + Kitchen, Humble Donut Co., and Pizza Jukebox.
Friendly’s Restaurants Co. LLC, the family-dining chain, is highlighting a menu of late-night budget items Sunday through Thursday, the company said.
The Addison, Texas-based brand, which is owned by Brix Holding Inc., said it recognized customers’ “nighttime munchies” so would be offering special prices on some its popular snack items.
By Jennifer Thomas – Senior Staff Writer, Charlotte Business Journal
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Charlotte-based Clean Juice is being acquired by BRIX Holdings LLC.
The Dallas-based multi-brand franchising portfolio has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the organic juice chain’s assets, with the deal set to close within the next several weeks. Terms were not disclosed.
Clean Juice has more than 75 existing locations and a dozen in development. Its stores sell organic juices as well as acai bowls, toasts, wraps, sandwiches and protein smoothies.
The BRIX portfolio includes brands such as Friendly’s, Red Mango and Orange Leaf. Clean Juice will give it more than 300 locations across eight brands.
Mansfield, Texas scores a touchdown with the opening of a Smoothie Factory Juice Bar® owned and operated by former Dallas Cowboys player Charlie Williams and his wife Sharonda. The store, located at 1681 East Broad Street, will offer nutritious smoothies, fresh-squeezed juices, nutritional products and more.
After months of waiting, Bay View will officially be getting a new pizza place this weekend. RedBrick Pizza—an artisan pizzeria located at 2202 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. in a ground floor retail space in Vue Apartments—recently announced it will open for business beginning Sunday, September 1.
DALLAS — (March 25, 2019) – Red Mango® Yogurt Café, Smoothie & Juice Bar is reaching customers in new locales with its recent development agreement with Bolla Markets, an upscale convenience store chain in the greater Long Island/New York Metro area. Red Mango has added frozen yogurt and smoothies to nine Bolla Markets since mid-2018, with more set to open this year.
Dallas, TX — (February 18, 2019) – Red Mango Yogurt Café, Smoothie & Juice Bar is ringing in the new year with a major accolade, claiming the 2019 title for the Best Frozen Yogurt in Long Island by Bethpage Best of LI.
DALLAS — (February 11, 2019) – Red Mango® Yogurt Café, Smoothie & Juice Bar is reaching customers in new locales by rapidly increasing its special venue store count, with over 75 special venue, or “non-traditional” locations in airports, train stations, convenience stores, and college campuses. (more…)
DALLAS – (February 7, 2019) – RedBrick Pizza® Kitchen Café, known for its fire-roasted gourmet pizza, salads, and Italian specialties, has announced the signing of a multi-unit franchise development agreement with VEGA Group LLC. (more…)
(RestaurantNews.com) MURTEC Las Vegas – Booth#62 – BRIX Holdings, LLC, a multi brand franchisor whose portfolio includes Red Mango® Yogurt Café Smoothie & Juice Bar, Smoothie Factory® Juice Bar, RedBrick Pizza® Kitchen Cafe, Greenz® and Souper Salad® chains, has partnered with NorthStar Order Entry to update the point of sale systems across all five of its brands.
Craig Erlich, President and CEO of BRIX Holdings, the company that owns Red Mango, Smoothie Factory, Souper Salad, RedBrick Pizza and Greenz, about his lessons in leadership and business.
January 30, 2018 // Franchising.com // DALLAS – BRIX Holdings, LLC, a Dallas-based company, specializing in chains with superior products and attractive growth prospects has named long time operations executive Craig Erlich as CEO effective immediately. The current BRIX Holdings franchise portfolio includes the Red Mango® Yogurt Café Smoothie & Juice Bar, Smoothie Factory® Juice Bar, RedBrick Pizza® Kitchen Cafe, Souper Salad® and Greenz® chains.
Dallas-based BRIX Holdings has promoted Yvette Martinez, longtime operations executive of Souper Salad, as its VP of Operations for all BRIX brands, which include Red Mango, Yogurt Cafe Smoothie & Juice Bar, Smoothie Factory Juice Bar, RedBrick Pizza Kitchen Café, Greenz and Souper Salad.
DALLAS – (January 11, 2018) – RedBrick Pizza® Kitchen Café is taking high-quality pizza to new heights, now offering an organic wheat dough option for the restaurant’s fire-roasted gourmet Neapolitan pizzas. Infused with heart healthy organic extra virgin olive oil, the organic dough is being rolled out across RedBrick Pizza restaurants nationwide.
The 100% USDA organic ingredient dough is cold-proofed for over 12-hours to develop texture, depth and complexity of flavor. It is then mixed in house and hand-crafted into individual dough balls. The final product bakes golden brown, perfectly airy and with a crisp bottom. Customers can choose from three different organic dough options including Original, Super Thin or Superfood Multi-grain.
DALLAS – (January 4, 2018) – Red Mango® Yogurt Café and Juice Bar is kicking off 2018 in a delicious and healthy way. Beginning January 1 through April 30, SuperFood smoothies will be making their way into Red Mango stores.
The SuperFood smoothies will be offered in two flavors: Peanut Butter, Berry and Beat and Avocado Cinn-sation™. The all-natural smoothies are made with nutrition powerhouse ingredients and are non-dairy, vegan and gluten free.
RedBrick Pizza Kitchen Café, known for its fire-roasted gourmet pizza, salads, and Italian specialties, has chosen North Brunswick, New Jersey, for the grand opening of its newest location and the debut of a new store design for the growing franchise chain.
DALLAS – (December 2017) – BRIX Holdings, LLC celebrated another successful year in 2017. The BRIX Holdings portfolio, which includes Red Mango® Yogurt Café Smoothie & Juice Bar, Smoothie Factory® Juice Bar, RedBrick Pizza® Kitchen Cafe, Souper Salad®, and Greenz® chains, celebrated new signings and innovative product developments in 2017 to cater to its health-conscious investors and customers.
Red Mango’s newest smoothie line will have you falling for fall. Beginning October 16, for a limited time only, the autumn inspired smoothies, Banana Chai, Roasted Peanut Butter, and Pumpkin Spice, will be available in Red Mango stores. Made with coconut milk, the smoothies are all natural, vegan, gluten free and non-dairy, and fully embody the warm and comforting flavors of the fall season. Coconut milk has been cited to have many benefits, including increased metabolism, improved heart health as well as helping to repair aged skin.
Smoothie Factory is celebrating the launch of its newest smoothie line, Power Java Smoothies in a big way. National Coffee Day is Friday, September 29 and the leading retailer of real fruit smoothies and nutritional products will be offering half-priced Power Java Smoothies all day long.
Famed NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon celebrates the opening of Mont Belvieu’s first Red Mango Yogurt Café Smoothie and Juice Bar with a special Grand Opening on Friday.
Beat The Summer Heat With Red Mango Yogurt Café’s Newest Frozen Treat
July 05, 2017 // Franchising.com // Dallas, TX – “No Dairy. Yes Delicious,” is the motto for the latest menu item at Red Mango, Fro-No. The newest all-natural, non-dairy and gluten free frozen treat continues the brand’s mission to deliver superior taste, with none of the guilt.
Frozen Yogurt Franchise Celebrates 10th Anniversary by Featuring Original Tart and Green Tea Flavored Yogurt
Dallas, TX — (March 28, 2017) – Originality is always in style and Red Mango Yogurt Café Smoothie & Juice Bar agrees.
In celebration of 10-years of providing frozen yogurt happiness, starting April 1st through June 30th, Red Mango is turning back the clock and featuring the first two flavors that were introduced when the brand launched in 2007 – Original Tart and Green Tea.
First Red Mango Yogurt Café Smoothie and Juice Bar in Mont Belvieu, Texas
Dallas, TX – Famed NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon is no stranger to a good slam dunk and his next one comes with his plans to open the first Red Mango Yogurt Café Smoothie and Juice Bar in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The store, located at 9675 Eagle Drive, will be co-branded with Nestle Toll House Café by Chip, offering customers their choice of both nutritious and indulgent treats.
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