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Ben & Florentine

Ben & Florentine Restaurants Inc. is a Canadian breakfast and lunch restaurant chain,[1] serving around 4 million customers per year. The founders used characteristics from their own families to create the concept of the chain.[2] Each Ben & Florentine restaurant is owned individually as a franchise.[3]

History

Ben & Florentine was founded in 2008 in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, and the first restaurant opened in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec on June 1, 2009. By 2011, the chain had opened 16 locations in the province of Quebec, Canada. The franchise has been a CFA member since 2010.[2]

The restaurant chain began by serving an extensive breakfast[4] and lunch menu.[5][6]

In 2012 the chain expanded into Ontario,[7] and by 2014 there were 31 locations.[8] In 2015 the chain continued to expand with 43 franchised units.[9][10]

In January 2016, Ben & Florentine opened its first restaurant in the province of Manitoba in the city of Winnipeg.[11][12] During 2016, Ben & Florentine kept growing in the Greater-Montréal area with the opening a franchise inside the tennis club of the nuns' island, and also including a location in Sherbrooke, Quebec.[13]

Around 65 restaurants will be open by the end of 2020.[14][15]

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References

  1. "Les affaires vont bon train". Le Quotidien.^
  2. Alison Ramsey. A Fresh & Modern Style FranchiseCanada, retrieved 2012-03-09^
  3. "Le restaurant Ben & Florentine maintenant ouvert". Cynthia Giguere-Martel, L'Express - Drummondville, 28 June 2012.^
  4. "My Montreal: Writer Steve Galluccio". Montreal Gazette, March 17, 2014^
  5. MONTREAL Brunch and Breakfast » Ben and Florentine^
  6. Oakville Eats: Ben & Florentine | Oakville News^
  7. "Good morning Oakville". Inside Halton.^
  8. "Un 31e Ben et Florentine se construit rue de l’Aqueduc". Nouvelle Union.^
  9. "Ben et Florentine : un deuxième restaurant pour Andrey-Ann Marcotte". La Nouvelle Union, Claude Thibodeau, 17 August 2015^
  10. Ben & Florentine Restaurants Inc. Look for a Franchise in Canada, retrieved 2015-11-04^
  11. La chaîne Ben & Florentine s'implante à Winnipeg TVA Nouvelles, 13 January 2016, retrieved 2016-01-25^
  12. Retail rebound: 18 months after Target's exodus, Winnipeg's vacancy rate is finally decreasing www.winnipegfreepress.com, 30 July 2016, retrieved 2016-08-12^
  13. Ouverture du restaurant BEN & FLORENTINE tennis-ids.com, retrieved 2016-08-12^
  14. Ben & Florentine Breakfast/Lunch - 50 locations were opened by the end of 2016 www.newswire.ca, retrieved 2016-06-10^
  15. Ben et Florentine à Sherbrooke en 2016 La Presse, retrieved 2016-06-10^