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.
by adfindev | Aug 15, 2019 | Blog, FrontPage
BY NORTH BAY VOYAGER – Clean eaters, bowl freaks, smoothie fanatics and panini people – a new cafe has opened up in Mill Valley with your name written all over it: Vitality Bowls.
The franchise opened last week in the Alto Plaza near Whole Foods. Vitality Bowls was founded by Tara and Roy Gilad in 2011. The couple opened their first store in San Ramon “as a result of discovering their daughter’s severe food allergies and wanting to find healthy, safe food alternatives.”
Today, the franchise has 135 stores nationwide, with the latest in the North Bay.
According to the Marin IJ, the new Vitality Bowls is operated by Henry Kim, who shared the company’s mission of healthy eating and decided to leave his decade long career in finance to become a bowl boss (ok, we really don’t know if that is his title, but it should be).
The menu features made-to-order bowls, including açai bowls, salads, soups, panini, raw juices and smoothies. The store offers a kids menu and also catering, so you can surprise your loved ones with a big giant bowl of chia seeds topped with berries for their birthday.
Kim told the Marin IJ that he plans to open a second location in Sausalito in the fall.
Vitality Bowls is open 8 AM to 8 PM daily at 765 Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley, 415-381-1700, vitalitybowls.com.
by adfindev | Aug 13, 2019 | Blog, FrontPage
BY MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL – Where’s your healthy dose of graviola, acerola, mangosteen and camu camu showing up next? Superfood ingredients like these and a few others with more recognizable names such as spirulina, bee pollen and hemp seeds have continued to make a mark in Marin. The latest eatery to join the craze is Vitality Bowls in Mill Valley’s Alto Plaza near the Whole Foods Market on East Blithedale Avenue.
Owner Henry Kim opened the 600-square-foot franchise eatery, a part of the Northern California born national chain, last week.
“After hearing about Vitality Bowls’ mission of encouraging everyone to live healthy and active lifestyles, I knew this was a brand I could get behind,” says Kim, who most recently spent 10 years in the finance industry.
The health-focused café offers a variety of made-to-order açaí bowls; breakfast and dessert bowls; nutrient-packed smoothies and fresh raw juices, as well as panini, salads and soups. There’s also a kids menu. Kim plans to open a second location in Sausalito in fall 2019 to join 35 cafés in California and more than 135 nationwide.
Vitality Bowls is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily at 765 East Blithedale Ave. To find out more, go to vitalitybowls.com/locations/mill-valley or call 415-381-1700.
by adfindev | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog, FrontPage
BY CLARION LEDGER – A Northern California based superfood restaurant/café is the first in Mississippi.
Most of the dishes are made with fresh and organic ingredients including smoothies, soups and paninis.
The brand specializes in açaí bowls – a thick blend of the Amazon’s antioxidant-rich açaí berry, topped with a variety of superfoods.
The new, fresh café is set to open this month in Flowood.
by adfindev | Jul 24, 2019 | Blog, FrontPage
BY SONOMA MAGAZINE – New restaurants are popping up all over Sonoma County. See who’s on the list.
Coming Soon – Vitality Bowls, Santa Rosa: Superfood acai bowls, fresh juices, smoothies and other healthy noshes from this national chain. You’ll likely have to look up some of the more exotic ingredients — graviola, acerola, pitaya, camu camu and maca — but these superfoods are trending with healthy eaters at the company’s 100-plus cafes around the country. Coming in late August, 1880 Mendocino, Santa Rosa. vitalitybowls.com.
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