Urban Flats Flatbread Co., the trendy Winter Park-based restaurant concern that specializes in oven-baked flatbread dishes, has stepped up its expansion plans with six new company-owned or franchise locations planned this year.
Suzanne Bonham, founder of the company, said she has been busy inking several franchisee agreements for the restaurant concept.
To date, Bonham has signed franchisee agreements under the company’s parent Hip Urban Brands for areas including Winter Garden, the Sarasota-Tampa region, Ponte Vedra Beach and Atlanta.
The restaurant also plans to franchise its concept in Michigan inside of a planned chain of boutique hotels that will be called Brio, Bonham said.
“We’ve got a lot on the board here,” she said. “It’s a very exciting time for us.”
Urban Flats, which has three company-owned restaurants in the Orlando area, recently opened its first franchise location in Ponte Vedra Beach. Bonham said early results from that restaurant were promising, with sales of about $200,000 for the first month.
Bonham said the company gets a 5 percent royalty fee on franchise sales. The company does not disclose earnings or sales for its company-owned restaurants, she said.
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