New Elements Food & Beverage Management or Elementfresh Inc, doing business as Element Fresh (Chinese: 新元素; pinyin: Xīn Yuánsù; lit. 'New Element'), was a chain of restaurants in China focusing on Western cuisine. The company headquarters were in Jing'an District, Shanghai.[1]
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Shanghai Centre in Shanghai housed its flagship restaurant.[2]
History
editIn 2001 the chain was established by two people from the United States,[2] Scott Minoie and Sheldon Habiger.[3] It was located in a Gold's Gym,[4] and it served as a juice bar. It served as a shop for foods for people looking for healthy options.[2] The initial customer base was employees at Shanghai Centre.[4]
The company purposely catered to an expatriate market as a way of also assuring Chinese customers that its food was authentic to the Western world. In 2016 the company had locations in seven cities in China. These restaurants totaled 28.[5]
For a period of time, the company's business operations returned profits. The COVID-19 pandemic in China ended this streak.[6][7]
Its business was scheduled to end on January 1, 2022.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Contact". Element Fresh. Archived from the original on 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
Address: Wantai International Mansion 27F, NO.480 Wulumuqi Bei Lu, Shanghai
- ^ a b c d Schwankert, Steven (2021-12-18). "Element Fresh Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Plans to Liquidate Assets". The Beijinger. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ^ "About". Element Fresh. Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ^ a b Farrer, James (2019-01-04). International Migrants in China's Global City: The New Shanghailanders. Routledge. p. PT143. ISBN 9781351207935 – via Google Books.
- ^ Farrer, James (2019-01-04). International Migrants in China's Global City: The New Shanghailanders. Routledge. p. PT144. ISBN 9781351207935 – via Google Books.
- ^ Flannery, Russell (2021-12-20). "Popular Shanghai Eatery Element Fresh Files For Bankruptcy As Covid Hurts Business". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ^ Zhang, Long (2021-12-19). "Netizens lament Element Fresh closing stores". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
Further reading
editExternal links
edit- Element Fresh at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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