Awards and Quotes

2007 Top Movers & Shakers List #44 - Fast Casual Magazine [PDF - 2MB]
#252 on Restaurants & Institutions Top 400 Chains List
‘Future 50’ List – Restaurant Business 2006
Seventh fastest growing food concept in the US! - Restaurant Business
Listed in Weight Watchers Points Guide

Quotes

“Flatbread is the hottest thing to emerge since sliced bread!” - USA Today April 2007

“I was one of the first Sandella's franchisees in the system and I am really excited. I like the leadership, love the food, Sandella's will be the easiest concept I could imagine to build, and I think Sandella's is the right concept to compete in the sandwich category.”
- Steve Forehand, Contractor, Sandella's Franchisee, and Multi-unit Five Guys Burgers & Fries Franchisee

“According to Darren Tristano, vice president of the Chicago-based research firm, Technomic, sales at the top bakery-cafes in the country have been soaring, and show no signs of slowing down. 'The bakery-cafe industry grew at a rate of 13.3 percent in 2006 compared to the entire foodservice industry, which grew at a rate of 6 percent,' Tristano says. Sales at Panera increased by nearly 20 percent, and Einstein Bros. Bagels grew at 9 percent. Smaller, more full-service bakery-café chains, such as Paradise Bakery & Cafe, Crispers, Sandella's Flatbread, and Camille's Sidewalk Cafe grew at a whopping 21.5 percent, 40 percent, 43.3 percent and 45.4 percent, respectively, according to a Technomic report.”