Foodmaker aims to become the ‘green McDonald’s’ in Europe

Foodmaker CEO Lieven Vanlommel is pivoting the company toward an international restaurant chain expansion. Despite rapid growth in supermarkets currently straining production capacity, the company aims to open at least 100 Foodmaker Cafés across Europe.

To accelerate this growth, Foodmaker has partnered with Kharis Capital, an investment group known for its involvement with major fast-food brands such as Burger King, Quick, and O’Tacos. Vanlommel intends to leverage the investor's expertise in finding locations and securing franchisees to scale the healthy food concept more quickly than the 20 years it took to establish its initial 26 European restaurants.