With four locations in Arizona, Koibito Poké has set its sights on building a national footprint.
With former Major League baseball pitcher Todd Stottlemyre at the helm, the company is anticipating expansion over the next 12 months into a dozen new markets by offering a lucrative package to potential Franchisees and area developers that including royalties and benefits. The team already has already secured interest for additional locations throughout Arizona and in states including Texas, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, Rhode Island, and Florida.
Leading the brand’s nationwide expansion is Koibito Poké’s Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Stottlemyre, who is a 3-time World Series Champion. According to Stottlemyre, the company aims to set itself apart from others by serving healthy food that has great advantages to building the body’s immune system — and by a commitment not to follow the standard but to become it.
Founded in 2018, Koibito Poké is the leading Arizona poké restaurant influenced by traditional Hawaiian and Japanese flavors and ingredients. Koibito Poké (Koibito meaning “love” in Japanese) to show their bodies some love — by providing them with fresh, clean whole foods that are good for them and tastegood too.
Koibito Poké now offers a superior model that focuses on efficiency and simplicity offering the customer an elevated healthy fast casual dining experience. The new restaurant design provides easier kitchen movement, a more open floor plan and large floor to ceiling windows which create a modern and inviting atmosphere for its customers. Guests will enjoy the open visibility of the energized concept with direct views of the menu and line up of fresh ingredients right when they walk in. Both indoor and outdoor seating is available.
The move comes after Stottlemyere and his private equity partners bought six Koi Poke units in Arizona earlier this year. With that deal, the former Major Leaguer will also lead the company’s national franchise efforts. “I am so proud of everyone at Koi Poke that worked so hard to make this happen and I am thrilled that Todd and his group are going to take what we have created and make it a national brand,” Sarah Bowers, founder of Koi Poke, said.
Stottlemyre’s on the field acumen has also found its way into success in his post diamond career. He became an analyst for Merrill Lynch and has founded a number of companies along the way. Among his first moves in taking the reins was to change the name of the concept to Koibito Poké. Under his stewardship, the fresh build-your-own Hawaiian poké bowls, debuted a brand-new design Scottsdale, AZ that will be the model for future franchise locations across the country.
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