by adfindev | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog, FrontPage
BY MICHIGAN LIVE – The restaurant, which sells acai bowls, smoothies, juices, sandwiches, salads and soups, plans to open this fall at a 2,100-square-foot location at CenterPoint.
“Retailers desire to be at the corner of ‘Main and Main,’ which is what makes the Shops at CenterPoint a highly sought-after location for businesses and community members looking for a well-curated, relevant shopping experience,” Greg Guido, co-managing member of Stonemar Properties, LLC, which owns Shops at CenterPoint, said in a statement.
Colliers handles leasing for Shops at CenterPoint.
“When a new retailer enters the Grand Rapids market, its first store is usually near the 28th Street and East Beltline corridor where there are complementary retailers and more than 88,000 cars driving by the Shops at CenterPoint every day,” Mark Ansara, Colliers Vice President and Retail Advisor, said in a statement. “We’re continuing to see retailers with an online catalog presence open brick and mortar locations, and Shops at CenterPoint is an ideal location for offering in-store experiences for online brands.”
by adfindev | Aug 23, 2019 | Blog, FrontPage
BY DIABLO MAGAZINE – Meet 23 innovators, movers and shakers, and groundbreakers who are blazing trails in the East Bay and beyond.
Roy and Tara Gilad
Cofounders, Vitality Bowls
Live: Alamo
Work: Danville
After discovering that their daughter, Ella, was born with several severe food allergies, Roy and Tara Gilad took action by launching Vitality Bowls. The fast-casual superfood café specializes in acai bowls, smoothies, fresh juices, salads, and paninis—all made with organic superfoods that are entirely filler-free and produced in kitchens specially designed to create an allergy-friendly environment.
“As a company, we’re challenged with educating consumers on the importance of clean, high-quality ingredients,” Tara says. “Vitality Bowls is focused on true healthy eating with carefully sourced superfoods that naturally taste good—without the bad stuff.”
The concept has clearly struck a chord both locally and nationally. The Gilads opened their first Vitality Bowls eatery in San Ramon in 2011—and today, along with five corporate-owned Vitality Bowls locations in the Bay Area (including spots in Pleasanton and Walnut Creek), they’ve licensed more than 70 franchise outposts across the country, and have about 60 more currently in development. —Gabby Vanacore
by adfindev | Aug 19, 2019 | Blog, FrontPage
BY GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS JOURNAL – An entrepreneur is planning to open a local franchise of a national superfood café chain.
Jon Lanning signed an agreement to open the first Michigan location of Vitality Bowls, in the Shops at CenterPoint in Grand Rapids, at 3569 28th St. SE, according to Vitality Bowls today.
Lanning is planning to open the location in mid-October, the first of what he hopes will be multiple locations.
“The fresh ingredients and superfoods that Vitality Bowls offers are unlike any other fast-casual eatery options in Grand Rapids,” Lanning said. “My first taste of an açaí bowl at Vitality Bowls was a game-changer. I want to bring that same experience to everyone in Grand Rapids.”
Tara Gilad, co-founder of Vitality Bowls, said Lanning is “exactly the right entrepreneur to grow the brand in West Michigan.”
“His business intellect is outstanding,” Gilad said. “We are eager to see Jon fill the demand for a healthy fast-casual café in Grand Rapids.”
Menu
The Vitality Bowls menu features a variety of superfoods: graviola, acerola, organic mangosteen, organic camu camu, organic spirulina, organic aronia, organic moringa, organic maca, bee pollen and more.
Customers can choose from various menu items: such as the Green Bowl, with graviola, organic spirulina and organic hemp seeds; Dragon Bowl, with pitaya, coconut milk and bananas; and Vitality Bowl, with organic açaí, strawberries and honey.
The café also sells fresh juices, smoothies, soups, paninis and salads.
The Grand Rapids location will offer a coffee bar, with kombucha and cold-brew coffee on tap, as well as espresso and superfood drinks packed with açaí, pitaya and matcha.
Vitality Bowls
Roy Gilad and Tara Gilad founded Vitality Bowls in 2011 in San Ramon, California.
The duo started the superfood café concept as a result of discovering their daughter’s severe food allergies and wanting to find “safe, healthy food alternatives.”
Since franchising began in 2014, the brand has grown to more than 135 cafés open or in development across the U.S.
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