Fast-growing healthy eating brand set for Birmingham launch

A fast-growing healthy fast food outlet is coming to Birmingham next month.

Global franchise Salad Box will open on Great Charles Street Queensway in October, serving up fresh and nutritious meals and snacks.

Salad Box offers salads, wraps, soups, desserts and juices while coffee will be provided by 200 Degrees.

Founded in Romania in 2012, Salad Box became an instant hit, opening 12 restaurants in its home country in the first year. And in just seven years, it has not only grown to become the third largest fast food chain in Romania after McDonald’s and KFC, but an international success story.

Salad Box now has more than 70 outlets across 12 countries in three continents, with stores in some of the most important cities in the world, including New York, Miami, Paris, London and Rome.

The Birmingham franchise will be driven by Tara Johal and employ up to eight staff.

The 1,000 sq ft grab-and-go site in Lombard House will also include nine covers for dine-in customers.

Johal said: “Salad Box is the future of fast food and there’s a massive gap in the market in Birmingham for what we offer. We’re a young, energetic city and the people who work here have been crying out for somewhere selling convenient, healthy lunchtime options to match their active lifestyles. I’m confident that our nutritious salads, wraps, soups, desserts and juices will prove to be a huge hit with busy professionals in the heart of the city.”