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Buy a Freshii Franchise

Freshii is a health-focused fast-casual restaurant franchise founded in Toronto in 2005. The brand is built around fresh, customizable meals: bowls, salads, wraps, burritos, soups, smoothies and juices, aimed at health-conscious consumers who want quick, nutritious food rather than traditional fast food.

The menu is nutrition-led and refreshed regularly, with new items rolled out roughly every quarter under a lead nutritionist. Store formats range from compact kiosks in malls, airports and gyms to larger street-front and suburban units, typically around 900 to 1,500 square feet. Limited kitchen equipment and no fryers or hoods keep the build comparatively light for the restaurant sector, letting franchisees match investment to a range of high-traffic sites.

Since 2023, Freshii has been owned by Foodtastic, a Canadian multi-brand restaurant franchisor that acquired the formerly TSX-listed company and took it private. The network spans Canada, the US and several international markets, though its footprint has contracted from peak and is now concentrated in Canada.

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Why buy a Freshii Franchise?

Anyone looking to buy a Freshii franchise is entering the health-focused end of fast-casual dining, a category that has held consumer interest as eating habits shift toward fresh, convenient meals. Freshii pairs an established, internationally recognized brand with a relatively light operating footprint: a compact menu, limited equipment and flexible store formats that suit malls, transit hubs, gyms and street-front sites.

Backing from Foodtastic, a multi-brand Canadian franchisor, gives the brand parent-company scale in supply chain, marketing and operational systems that an independent healthy-eating concept would have to build alone. The quarterly menu refresh and customizable format help keep the offer current with food trends.

Freshii Franchise Costs & Information

  • Minimum Qualifications

    • Initial Franchise Fee

      $30,000–$43,000

    • Initial Investment

      $172,500–$641,000

  • Royalty

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

      of gross sales

  • Training & Support

    • 80 hours classroom and on the job training

    • Ongoing support

    • Marketing support

Freshii – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Incoming owners complete an initial program combining classroom and on-the-job instruction (around 80 hours), covering operations, menu preparation and customer service. Ongoing support includes Freshii University, the brand's online learning platform for continued staff and operator education, plus marketing materials, supply-chain access and a dedicated operations team for day-to-day consultation under Foodtastic. Resale buyers should confirm with Freshii what transfer training and Freshii University access are provided to incoming ownership and existing staff when a unit changes hands.

  2. Ideal Owner

    Freshii suits a hands-on, operations-led owner comfortable running a fast-paced food-service location: managing prep stations, scheduling and training hourly staff, controlling fresh-food inventory and waste, and holding to brand standards. Restaurant or retail experience helps, given the labor and perishable-inventory demands. Strong local marketing instincts and community engagement support repeat traffic, and an owner who enjoys customer interaction and a wellness-oriented brand will fit the concept best.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Freshii was named Top Brand of the Year by FastCasual in 2018, recognizing its position in the health-focused fast-casual sector, and earned a Best Workplace Culture honor at the 2016 Canadian HR Awards. After listing publicly on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2017, the brand was acquired in 2023 by Foodtastic, adding multi-brand franchisor backing. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's local reviews, referral sources and community visibility.

  4. Industry / Market

    Freshii operates in the fast-casual segment, which bridges quick-service speed and higher-quality, healthier food. The US fast-casual restaurant market is forecast to grow by roughly $97 billion between 2025 and 2030, an annual rate near 14% (Technavio), driven by consumer demand for fresh, convenient and better-for-you meals. The health-focused niche benefits from wellness and clean-eating trends among Millennial and Gen Z diners. For resale buyers, local demand, daytime foot traffic and nearby competition shape a specific unit's performance more than category-wide figures.

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