CHARLOTTE N.C. Compass Group North America has secured rights to develop units of O’Naturals, the five-unit quickservice chain. Under what it termed a strategic partnership, Compass would open franchised O’Naturals kiosks and restaurants in corporate-dining, college and hospital foodservice accounts, as well as at other contracted venues. —Contract feeder
O’Naturals, a 2004 Nation’s Restaurant News Hot Concepts! Award winner, currently has three company-owned and two franchised units. The timing of the chain’s deal with Compass “could not be better as people are demanding organic and natural offerings, even when on the run,” said Gary Hirshberg, founder and chairman of O’Naturals. —Contract feeder
O’Naturals’ menu includes sesame-spinach salads and flat-bread sandwiches with such fillings as wild bison, Alaskan salmon and slow-roasted organic beef. —Contract feeder