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Breadless

Bread-free fast-casual dining

Financial Plan

Liquid capital

The amount you need to secure the necessary loans.

$250,000

Total investment

*based on Item 7 in the FDD

Total amount required to open the franchise, including entry fees ($45,000)

$439,202 - $715,456

Average annual turnover

*based on Item 19 in the FDD

Average annual revenue

$1,060,808

The Concept

Year of creation
2022
Average age of franchisees
40 years

Breadless,
Feel good food, made from leafy supergreens

Founded in Detroit in 2020 by Harvard Business School graduate and former investment banker Marc Howland, Breadless is a pioneering fast-casual brand built around a category-defining product: the Supergreen Sandwich. By wrapping bold, chef-crafted, high-protein ingredients in nutrient-dense leafy greens instead of bread, Breadless satisfies the massive consumer demand for naturally gluten-free, low-carb, and energizing on-the-go meals.

Operationally, the scalable model requires no hoods, grills, or fryers, drastically simplifying training and reducing buildout costs. Having already proven its success across traditional corporate locations, catering, and major professional sports stadiums, Breadless is now expanding nationally and seeking experienced multi-unit operators, area developers, and exceptional single-unit partners to lead the expansion of this innovative fast-casual platform.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Industry Strengths

Breadless operates in the fast casual restaurant sector, one of the most attractive areas of food service because it combines convenience, quality, value, and lifestyle relevance.

Consumers increasingly want meals that are fast, flavorful, high quality, and better for them. The strongest fast casual brands benefit from repeat usage across lunch, dinner, catering, delivery, grab and go, stadiums, airports, campuses, and other high traffic environments.

Breadless is especially attractive because it traverses multiple high demand categories: sandwiches, bowls, salads, and smoothies. This gives the brand broad consumer appeal while still having a clear hero product in the Supergreen Sandwich.

Within the sector, there is a clear opportunity for concepts that combine craveability with functional benefits like higher protein, lower carb eating, lighter meals, and sustained energy. Consumers want healthier options, but they do not want to sacrifice taste or satisfaction.

The sandwich category remains especially powerful because sandwiches are familiar, portable, repeatable, and highly scalable. Traditional sandwich concepts are still heavily centered around bread, creating an opportunity to modernize the category for how people eat today.

Candidate Profiles

  •  Strong entrepreneurial or business background
  • Solid financial capacity and investment readiness
  • Strong alignment with health, wellness, and nutrition values
  • Hands-on, proactive operator mindset
  • Multi-unit management experience, ideally in QSR, fast casual, fitness, or wellness sectors
  • Ability to scale operations sustainably
  • Proven leadership and operational excellence
  • Strong performance under pressure
  • Deep local market knowledge and growth ambition
  • Former corporate executive, athlete, or health/fitness professional with resilience and coachability

Join Breadless in 3 steps

  •  Early access to a differentiated fast-casual brand built around the innovative Supergreen Sandwich 🥗
  • Scalable model combining craveable flavors, healthy eating, and operational simplicity 🚀
  • Opportunity for driven operators to build a long-term growth platform, not just a restaurant 💼

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