Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes Acquired, Pie Five’s Redesign and the D-Gulls

5 Min Read By MRM Staff

Served up on today's plate are some restaurant acquisitions, a redesign for Pie Five, Chipotle's charitable effort and Captain D's biggest fans. Send news items of interest to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com or modernrestaurantmanagement@gmail.com.

 

Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes AcquiredPerpetual Capital Partners and CR3 Capital, an investment affiliate of CR3 Partners, acquired Garden Fresh Restaurants' 97-unit soup, salad, and bakery restaurant chain. Based in San Diego, CA, the company operates under two brand names: Souplantation in Southern California and Sweet Tomatoes elsewhere. The acquisition follows the company's resurgence out of bankruptcy earlier this year. CR3 Partners led the restructuring and has been managing the company for several months. 

"Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes are uniquely positioned with an extremely loyal customer base and dedicated restaurant…