| Cooper City, Florida (December 2, 2008) – | | | | The large Froots food menu includes everything |
| Froots, a quick service restaurant offering a | | | | from gourmet soups to Kingston jerk or Wasabi |
| variety of smoothies, healthy gourmet wraps and | | | | chicken wraps, to Greek salad with humus. |
| salads, recently opened a new location at 4920 | | | | Breakfast wraps are available all day and there |
| Roswell Road, Atlanta, Georgia. Tsedale Tadesse | | | | are a number of vegetarian dishes. Specialty |
| is now one of four Froots franchisees in Georgia. | | | | beverage choices include fresh squeezed juices |
| The other stores are in Alpharetta, Kennesaw and | | | | and 100% natural mixed fruit smoothies. For |
| Roswell. | | | | those in need of a little extra boost, Froots offers |
| Franchising since 2004, Froots is an alternative to | | | | Red Bull® smoothies, mixing fresh fruit with the |
| traditional fast food fare, using only fresh | | | | caffeine, vitamin and energy drink. For the body |
| ingredients to create unique flavors pleasing to a | | | | conscious, performance smoothies, combining |
| health-conscious public. | | | | protein, fat burner or energy enhancing powders, |
| Mrs. Tadesse, a resident of Tucker and a | | | | are available. Green tea and wheatgrass shots are |
| member of the Sandy Springs Chamber of | | | | also served. |
| Commerce, chose to open her Froots location | | | | The Atlanta / Sandy Springs location may just be |
| because she saw a real need to offer something | | | | the first of several for Mrs. Tadesse. A graduate |
| to her community beyond the usual fast foods. | | | | of Redland University, California, with a |
| “We make delicious and healthy items that | | | | background in accounting, she plans to grow his |
| people love and I’m proud to be able to offer | | | | business and then open additional restaurants in |
| my neighbors an affordable yet wholesome | | | | the future. |
| alternative to typical fried foods.” | | | | About FROOTS |
| Since opening in October of 2008, Tsedale, who is | | | | Froots is a quick service restaurant offering a |
| mother to one-year-old Michael Kalid, especially | | | | variety of fruit smoothies, healthy gourmet wraps |
| enjoys helping other parents choose healthy | | | | and salads. Using only fresh ingredients, Froots |
| foods for their families. “I was initially | | | | creates unique flavor profiles to satisfy a culturally |
| attracted to the Froots concept because of their | | | | diverse clientele. |
| logo tag line, ‘Eat. Drink. Be healthy.’ Food | | | | Established in 2001 and franchising since 2004, |
| should feed us nutritionally and not just fill our | | | | Froots, of Cooper City, Florida, currently has over |
| stomachs. You can give your child a turkey wrap | | | | 30 locations in the US and international locations in |
| from our kid’s menu and top it off with a | | | | Ireland, Panama and Turks and Caicos. |
| Banana Man smoothie (banana, milk and vanilla | | | | Restaurants in Guam and Puerto Rico will be |
| yogurt). That’s a meal you can feel good | | | | available soon. Expansion plans include opening an |
| about.” | | | | additional 500 locations in the next five years. |