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Happy Belly Food Group Inc. reports developments tied to its multi-brand restaurant platform and strategy of acquiring and scaling emerging food brands. The company’s recurring updates focus on quick-service and fast-casual concepts, franchise growth, real estate secured for new locations, corporate restaurant openings, and brand-level expansion across Canadian markets.
News for HBFGF commonly covers Heal Wellness, iQ Food Co., Yolks Breakfast, Rosie's Burgers, Via Cibo Italian Street Food and other portfolio brands. Updates also include area development agreements, multi-unit franchise relationships, QSR systemwide sales, audited results, and corporate acquisition activity within franchised and asset-light restaurant concepts.
Happy Belly Food Group (CSE: HBFG, OTCQB: HBFGF) announced the grand opening of a new Heal Wellness quick-service restaurant at 152 Guelph Street, Georgetown, Ontario, on Saturday, August 1, 2026. The store is operated by the franchise group led by Alex Rechichi and Bedford Park Capital, under Heal’s largest 45-location Multi-Unit Franchise Agreement across Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
According to Happy Belly, this opening supports Heal’s Ontario expansion, bringing the brand to 46 locations open, with over 162 in development, and contributing to a broader portfolio of 686 contractually committed franchise locations across multiple emerging brands.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced that its Heal Wellness brand has secured a real-estate location in King City, Ontario for an existing franchisee, supporting its asset-light expansion across affluent Greater Toronto Area communities. Heal now has 45 locations open and over 163 in development, contributing to Happy Belly’s portfolio of 686 contractually committed retail franchise locations across multiple emerging restaurant brands.
Happy Belly Food Group (CSE: HBFG, OTCQB: HBFGF) plans to release its unaudited Q2 2026 financial results on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, after market close. Results will be posted on the company’s website and on SEDAR+. Happy Belly focuses on acquiring and scaling emerging food brands such as Heal Wellness, Rosie's Burgers, and Yolks Breakfast.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced that its Yolks Breakfast franchisee for Edmonton has secured a real-estate location in the city’s Brewery District, following a previously signed franchise agreement disclosed on October 31, 2025.
The Brewery District is described as a high-traffic mixed-use area near downtown Edmonton, offering strong daytime demand drivers such as offices, post-secondary institutions and health-care facilities. According to Happy Belly, this site supports its disciplined, traffic-focused site selection strategy and advances Yolks’ Western Canada expansion. The company reports 76 contractually committed Yolks locations across nine provinces, contributing to a broader portfolio of 686 contractually committed retail franchise locations across multiple emerging restaurant brands.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced the grand opening of a new Heal Wellness quick-service restaurant at 14 York Street in downtown Toronto on July 18, 2026. The site is part of a 45-location multi-unit franchise agreement led by Alex Rechichi and Bedford Park Capital.
Happy Belly Food Group (CSE: HBFG, OTCQB: HBFGF) announced that its boutique breakfast brand Yolks Breakfast has secured a new real-estate location in Nanaimo, British Columbia, a fast-growing urban centre on Vancouver Island with strong year-round resident and visitor traffic.
According to Happy Belly, Nanaimo’s transportation links, tourism activity and diversified population support its asset-light franchising and disciplined site-selection strategy. Yolks now has 61 units under area development across key provinces, contributing to Happy Belly’s broader portfolio of 686 contractually committed retail franchise locations at various development stages.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced a new franchise agreement for a Via Cibo Italian Street Food restaurant in the City of Kingston, Ontario. The location will offer fast-casual, chef-driven Italian cuisine and represents another expansion of the Via Cibo brand across Ontario.
According to Happy Belly, Via Cibo currently has five locations in Alberta and three in Ontario, with over 23 additional sites secured under area development agreements. The brand forms part of Happy Belly’s broader portfolio of 686 contractually committed retail franchise locations across Canada.
Happy Belly Food Group (CSE: HBFG, OTCQB: HBFGF) announced that the Heal Wellness franchise group has secured a real estate location in Toronto’s Leaside neighborhood at Eglinton Avenue East and Laird Drive as part of its multi-unit franchise agreement for 45 locations.
According to Happy Belly, Heal Wellness now has 44 locations open and more than 164 in development, contributing to a broader portfolio of 686 contractually committed retail franchise locations across multiple emerging brands in various stages of development, construction, and operation.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF), through its subsidiary HEAL Wellness, announced a limited-time collaboration with global skincare brand LANEIGE tied to LANEIGE’s new Açaí Mango lip products.
From July 11 to August 6, 2026, all 44 HEAL Wellness locations across Canada will offer the Açaí Mango Bowl by LANEIGE, a new tropical flavor featuring a reimagined açaí base with mango, layered with mango and pineapple, and topped with a new mango coconut cream. On July 11, 2026, the first 20 guests purchasing the bowl at each location will receive a complimentary full-size LANEIGE Açaí Mango Lip Sleeping Mask, while supplies last. According to Happy Belly Food Group, the collaboration is designed to connect wellness, beauty, and lifestyle, with the bowl’s colors intentionally reflecting LANEIGE’s Açaí Mango Lip Collection.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced the grand opening of a new Heal Wellness quick-service restaurant at 370 Taunton Road East, Unit 7, in Taunton Gardens, Whitby, Ontario, on Saturday, July 11, 2026. Heal, a wellness-focused QSR brand offering smoothie and açaí bowls, now has 44 locations open, with over 164 in development and 686 contractually committed retail franchise locations across Happy Belly’s portfolio.