SOUPLANTATION

Updated 04-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about SOUPLANTATION!

Struggling Garden Fresh to Sell Assets to N.Y. Investment Firm: San Diego-based Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp., which operates more than 100 Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes restaurants in 11 states, is selling the company’s assets to affiliates of New York-based private investment firm Cerberus Capital Management L.P. and its partners.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the first Souplantation opened in 1978 in San Diego, where the company is headquartered . the company went public in 1995 but was taken private in 2004 . it operates as Sweet Tomatoes outside of southern califor a bartender at a pioneer in Salad bars in El Cajon opened his first restaurant . he and two friends created a parallel concept, the souplantation . the two concepts grew side by side the chain has expanded across the american west and southwest . it has opened locations in several Southeast states, including 23 restaurants in Florida . Garden Fresh and its restaurant chains were purchased by a private investment firm . the company’s home city of San Diego often serves as a test market for new ideas and innovations . some Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes locations are open Sunday mornings for breakfast . in 2011, the company launched its first quick-serve restaurant, called Souplantation Express . the restaurant closed temporarily while authorities investigated the outbreak . in January 2017, the company said it expected to emerge from bankruptcy later that month .