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2011 Inc 500|5000 Rankings

Zoup! is a restaurant franchise that serves soup, salads, and sandwiches. The company has 26 locations throughout Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
 
Statistics:
3-year growth: 105%
2010 Revenue: $9.7 million
2007 Revenue: $4.7 million
Employees: 390
Employee growth: 190
Founded: 1998
Industry: Food & Beverage
Industry rank: #66 
 
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Entrepreneur - 2012 Top Franchise 500
Toledo City Paper "Best Soup" 2011
Entrepreneur Magazine December 2010 - "Franchise 500"
Fast Casual Magazine 2006 – 2011 - Top 100 Movers & Shakers
Metro Times October 2007 - "Best of Detroit"
Nation’s Restaurant News 2005 – “Hot Concepts!” Winner
AOL City Guide Detroit - City’s Best Healthy Dining 2005
Detroit Metro Times – “Best place to get full from liquid-based meals” 2005
Inc. 500|5000 Fastest Growing Companies - 2007-2010
Columbus Business First - Soup chain stirring up downtown debut
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TribLocal Warrenville - Zoup is Open for Business
MySuburbanLife.com - Zoup! to celebrate Warrenville location opening Thursday
CantonRep.com - ZOUP! IS ON THE WAY
Pantagraph.com - Soup to be star at new B-N restaurant
Village Chronicles - Fresh Soup Company Stirs Up Warrenville
MySuburbanLife.com - Soup is on at Zoup!
The Columbus Dispatch - Zoup is on Downtown
The Other Paper - More soup on High
Fast Casual - Zoup! to roll out NEXTEP's Foundation5 platform
National Sandwich Day Live from Zoup!
Indystar.com August 2011 - Just in time for fall -- Zoup! coming to Carmel
PizzaMarketplace.com August 2011 - Growth spurt: Inc. 500 list full of fast casual concepts
MLive.com September 2011 - Zoup! is on at Medical Mile food court
Cleveland.com September 2011 - When you're caught up in details...
Phantom Gourmet September 2011 - Chili
Columbus Monthly September 2011 - Dining Notes
QSR Magazine October 2011 - One to Watch: Zoup! Fresh Soup
Glancer Magazine July 2011 - Dining Critiques
Nation's Restaurant News - Souping up sales
Detroit Free Press - Area restaurateurs step up in a big way for those in need
Downtown Columbus - Downtown Dish Serving up Zoup!
Hudson Hub Times October 2011 - Local entrepreneurs expand to second business location
TribLocal August 2011 - Zoup! Fresh Soup Company to Stir Up New Recipes in Warrenville
QSR Magazine October 2011 - CEOs Miss What Motivates their Team
Indianapolis Business Journal July 2011 - Developer launches $19M apartment project in Carmel
Wall Street Journal June 2011 - When Family, Friends Can’t Lend You Start-up Funds
The Oakland Press June 2011 - Zoup! reopens in Pontiac location
Waterloo Chronicle April 2011 - Waterloo to be the proving ground for American soup franchise
Toledo City Paper October 2010 - Soup de jour
ExpressNightOut May 2011 - Bowled Over
Metromix May 2011 - Mix and match plenty of salad, sandwich and soup choices
Wall Street Journal November 2010 - "Want to Buy a Franchise, the Price Just Went Up"
The Express Times September 2010 - "Taste Buds"
The Express Times September 2010 - "Zoup Celebrates Grand Opening at Airport Center"
Cincinnati Business Courier July 2010 - "New Soup Restaurant Coming to Cincinnati"
Holland Sentinel April 2010 - "Zoup’s on! Soup franchise comes to Holland"
Daily Record April 2010 - "Zoup! Comes to Menlo Park in Edison"
Crains Detroit Business January 2010 - "Zoup! Stirs Up Plans for 100 New Stores in Five Years"
Restaurants & Institutions March 2010 - "Selling Healthy to Consumers"
The Detroit News June 7, 2007 – “Franchise Expansion Simmering at Zoup!”
Fast Casual Magazine July 2006 – “Zoup! Is Du Jour”
Nation’s Restaurant News January 2005 “Contender Puts Expansion on Slow Burn, Plans Simmering for 12 New Outlets in 2005”
Crain’s Detroit Business September 2002 – “Motor City Soup: Online Ordering Drives Soup Sales at Zoup!”
Dayton Daily News June 2011 - Soup eatery eyes Dayton market
Downers Grove Reporter January 2011 - "New soup option comes to suburbs."
Capital Gains January 2011 - "Newly opened Zoup! brings18 jobs and more eatery options to downtown."
Lansing City Pulse January 2011 - "Prepare to be bowled over."
Evansville Courier & Press January 2011 - "Second Zoup! restaurant to open in Evansville"
The Boston Globe December 2010 - "New Franchise Proves Any Food Can Be Soup"
The Waterloo Region Record March 2011 - "Enterprise"
The Denver Daily News March 2011 - "Town Talk"
Daily Herald March 2011 - "Soup's on as Zoup! franchise debuts in Illinois"
City's Best D.C. February 2011 - "New Stores Coming Soon"
Washington Business Journal February 2011 - "New Zoup franchisee hopes soup is hot in D.C. market"