With an investment that surpasses the million dollars, the burger chain of BurgerFi restaurants inaugurated in Plaza Caparra, Guaynabo, its second locality in Puerto Rico, and the project continues to expand in the Island with the opening of other restaurants running in the metropolitan area to the by 2021, you will be able to locate the six locations in the next two years.
BurgerFi went to Puerto Rico last year at the behest of Empress Phillip Faigenblat, who also owns the local franchise of Denny’s restaurants. The entrepreneur, who has 30 years of experience in the local food industry, is sure to THE VOCERO which are in negotiations to establish other tenders for the metropolitan area this year. The projection that Mantiene will open its BurgerFi in the next two years.
“There are some visualized areas living in the metropolitan area that we are planning to open this year and others that will be in development and that will be inaugurated in 2022. My compromise is to continue to support the local economy with direct access to work,” he said. .
In March 2020, the first restaurant – also in Guaynabo – was inaugurated, although the opening coincided with the pandemic, the emperor insured THE VOCERO than the support of the poorest of the new offer surpasses its expectations.
“Our first BurgerFi abrión in Guaynabo is exactly one year old, with the retaliation of the pandemic, we have an excellent acoustic and we are the favorite of the area’s customers. Our homes are converted into one of the first ten restaurants of the chain with mayors selling throughout the nation. Now we are really excited to be able to open the second restaurant, ”Faigenblat said at a time when it has generated 100 workloads between the restaurants.
The second BurgerFi location is located at the Starbucks Albergaba pub in Plaza Caparra. This account has a space of 1,800 square feet which includes free terraces on the air and a complete bar with a capacity for 70 commensals. The chain is distinguished by its concept of “fast casual” and its hamburgers prepared with certified Angus and Wagyu fruit without hormones, or antibiotics.
‘Somos los primeros and Puerto Rico a concept of’ quick comfortable ‘with the alida calidad, fresca and salutable. Now there are no competitors in this segment. We are the leaders of the ‘fast casual’ market in the Isla. We are winning about a million dollars every time we become friends, ”Faigenblat said.
The cadena also offers vegetarian options and chicken without hormones or preservatives, Wagyu hot dogs, fried popsicles and uieringe prepared daily in the restaurant, as well as baths prepared with its traditional custard (a type of cream) and a variety of different varieties of cereals .
“The concept has held great support for the local public and the desire to have a commendable committee in an ideal atmosphere for family sharing. The tendency is to ‘eat outside’ and our restaurants are prepared for that. The Puerto Rican tenants include this space, which does not have any constructs in the United States, ”the owner said.
For his part, the principal of the executive of BurgerFi, Julio Ramírez, signaled to THE VOCERO which — at the moment — the chain is the mayor’s crime in the market and that Puerto Rico is a key piece in the process. Since December of this year, BurgerFi has been converted into a public limited company (BFI) based on the Nasdaq market, which has boosted the chain’s development at the national and international levels.
“Our restaurants in Puerto Rico are all about the image and general concept of the company. The sales here are more high than the other restaurants in United States. Puerto Rico has the capacity to convert into the BurgerFi leader and we are expecting the future expansion of the chain in the Isla. We believe that the acoustic will be equal to the best that the recipient has at the moment ”, Ramírez points out.
Faigenblat explained that the interiors of the restaurants are eco-friendly, that they come with various elements that come with wooden panels made of pine wall of the number 2 — the most renovated —, with elaborate months with more than 700,000 years of leche recycled and sillas de estilo industrial elaboradas with 111 bottles of Coca Cola recycled.