Odd Burger Is Bringing Its Vegan Version of the Big Mac to Nearly 100 Locations

Canadian vegan fast-food chain Odd Burger is planning to open a further 40 places in Ontario over the following eight years. This brings the chain’s complete to just about 100 places throughout Canada and the USA which are in operation or below improvement. 

This implies extra customers will be capable of get their arms on Odd Burger’s bestselling Well-known Burger, which is a vegan model of McDonald’s Huge Mac that options two chickpea-based patties, well-known sauce, vegan cheese, lettuce, onions, and pickles on a triple-decker sesame-seed bun. Odd Burger affords a big menu that includes vegan variations of things generally present in mainstream fast-food eating places, together with the Vopper; “chickUN” sandwiches in Buffalo, crispy, and sticky (slathered in Korean sesame sauce) varieties; breakfast sandwiches, onion rings, milkshakes, wraps, and extra. 

For the Ontario growth, Odd Burger is partnering with Toronto-based funding firm Starke Investments, which can oversee franchise gross sales to particular person house owners, retailer development, and supply help for franchises in its territory. The settlement outlines a yearly improvement quota that gives Odd Burger with a transparent progress trajectory within the space.

“Starke Investments is all the time searching for alternatives to place itself as a frontrunner in sustainability and innovation, and Odd Burger is indisputably disrupting an business the place change is so desperately wanted,” Prashant Dalal, Founder and CEO of Starke Investments, mentioned in a press release. 

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Odd Burger expands to Western Canada

Earlier this yr, Odd Burger introduced the opening of 36 new places in Alberta and British Columbia over the following seven years. For the brand new places in Western Canada, Odd Burger partnered with family-owned hospitality group Sai-Ganesh Enterprises (SGE). Along with supporting franchise progress, SGE plans to launch a company restaurant location within the space that will probably be used for coaching new franchisees.

“Western Canada is a superb place for Odd Burger to develop, and a partnership with an skilled territory developer provides us a kickstart to our progress plans, plus it provides these franchisees sturdy help,” Odd Burger co-founder and CEO James McInnes instructed VegNews. “Sooner or later, I can see us signing different space builders not solely in Canada, but additionally throughout the USA and even internationally.” 

Based in 2016 in London, ON, Odd Burger grew to become the world’s first vegan fast-food chain to supply a 24-hour drive-thru when it took over a shuttered location of fashionable Canadian fast-food chain Harvey’s in 2017. Final yr, the chain hit one other first when it started buying and selling on the Toronto Stock Exchange’s (TSE) Enterprise Trade, making it the primary publicly traded vegan fast-food chain on this planet. It’s now traded on the TSE below the image ODD, on the OTCQB below ODDAF, and the Frankfurt Inventory Trade below IA9.

World’s first 24-hour vegan drive-thru 

At present, the chain already has places in a number of Ontario cities (Toronto, London, Windsor, Vaughan, Waterloo, Hamilton, and Whitby) with new places in Calgary, AB, Ottawa, ON, Victoria, BC, and Vancouver, BC presently in improvement. Odd Burger additionally operates a producing facility in London, ON the place it creates its proprietary plant-based proteins and dairy alternate options similar to burgers, chickUn filets, sausages, and dairy-free sauces.

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Earlier this yr, Odd Burger introduced the creation of its new Preposterous Meals model that provides a minimal-ingredient, minimally processed line of merchandise for the foodservice sector together with its crispy chickUN burger, meatless wings, beefy floor meat, gyro meat, breakfast sausage, dairy-free ranch dressing, “honey” mustard sauce, tzatziki sauce, eggless mayo, and dairy-free cheese sauce. The road of plant-based proteins and sauces is distributed solely by means of meals service firm Sysco.

“It might appear preposterous, however indulgent meals may be wholesome, and wholesome meals may be indulgent,” McInnes mentioned in a press release. “Due to new improvements and upgrades in our manufacturing facility, we’re now capable of produce plant-based proteins and different treats at scale for broader distribution, and convey totally Preposterous Meals to an even bigger market.”

The chain can be planning to open its first US location in New York Metropolis, the place it’s presently looking for the precise area. “It’s a really aggressive actual property market there,” McInnes instructed VegNews. “The excellent news is we’ll supply franchise alternatives throughout the USA quickly, in varied elements of the nation. Working with franchisees which have experience and relationships of their native markets additionally helps us develop strategically, and offers us the native information to search out the precise spots.”

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Odd Burger revolutionizes quick meals

Odd Burger is revolutionizing the fast-food business not solely with its more healthy vegan substances, but additionally as a result of all of Odd Burger outposts function as compact good kitchens, which use state-of-the-art cooking expertise and automation options which are notably favorable throughout this unsure COVID-19 period. The corporate’s expertise is optimized for fast service, takeout and supply, affordability, and simplified worker coaching. Its good kitchens additionally function on-line ordering, self-checkout kiosks, and cashless transactions.

“We see large potential with Odd Burger as a result of they make plant-based meals that appeals to the mass market by providing a menu made with easy substances, unbelievable taste, and at a aggressive worth level,” Dalal mentioned. “This isn’t one thing that we have now seen with another plant-based restaurant model.”  

For extra about vegan quick meals, learn:
7-Eleven Adds Vegan Chicken Tenders to Hot Menu at All 600 Stores in Canada
Burger King is the First Major Fast-Food Chain to Serve Impossible Nuggets
KFC Just Launched Vegan Fried Chicken at More than 4,000 Stores

Nicole Axworthy is the Information Editor at VegNews and writer of the cookbook DIY Vegan.