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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 (OTCQB: HBFGF) reported unaudited Q3 2025 results showing its 14th consecutive record quarter and third consecutive quarter of positive net income from operations.
Key metrics: system sales $19.2M (+125% YoY), total revenues $7.2M (+194% YoY), total product sales $6.0M (+224% YoY), adjusted EBITDA $0.7M (10.4% margin), and net income from operations $0.3M. QSR segmented EBITDA and QSR royalties & fees each surpassed $1.0M in Q3 for the first time. The Company added 12 restaurants in Q3 and reports 75 operating locations following subsequent openings and acquisitions.
Happy Belly Food Group (CSE: HBFG / OTCQB: HBFGF) said it will release its third quarter results on November 25, 2025 after market close.
The company said results will be posted on its website at www.happybellyfg.com and on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. The release follows the close of markets on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced that its Heal Wellness QSR signed a franchise agreement for Bradford, Ontario on November 14, 2025. Heal is a quick-service brand focused on fresh smoothie bowls, açaí bowls and smoothies and pursues an asset-light, franchise-driven expansion strategy.
The release notes Heal currently has 27 locations operating, over 168 in development, and Happy Belly's portfolio counts 626 contractually committed retail franchise locations across emerging brands. The Bradford franchisee will use Happy Belly's operating and real-estate support to accelerate market entry and unit ramp-up.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced that its Heal Wellness QSR signed a franchise agreement for London, Ontario on November 13, 2025, advancing an asset-light expansion strategy.
Heal focuses on fresh smoothie bowls and smoothies and will use Happy Belly's franchise playbook and site-selection approach. The brand reports 27 operating locations, 168 in development, and contributes to Happy Belly's 626 contractually committed retail franchise locations across its portfolio.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced that its smash-burger concept Rosie's Burgers has secured its first U.S. real-estate location in Lubbock, Texas, marking Rosie's entry into the United States and expansion of Happy Belly's footprint.
The Texas site was secured by existing multi-unit franchise partners that also opened Heal Wellness in Texas, enabling multi-branded operations at a high-traffic corridor near Texas Tech University. Rosie's has 115 locations secured in Canada under multi-unit and area development agreements, and Happy Belly reports 626 contractually committed retail franchise locations across its portfolio.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced the grand opening of Yolks Breakfast in Toronto's Bloor West Village on November 7, 2025 at 2245 Bloor St W.
This location is Yolks' fifth operating site nationwide and second in Ontario, supporting an asset-light franchising model with additional locations planned for 2026. Management highlighted a multi-unit franchisee who already operates two other Happy Belly brands in the same community and emphasized faster openings from signing former restaurant sites that shorten build-outs and lower entry cost.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced that Heal Wellness has secured its first U.S. real-estate site in Lubbock, Texas, with a planned opening in 2026. The Lubbock location is positioned in a high-traffic retail corridor near Texas Tech University (about 41,000–42,000 students) and aims to capture year-round demand for smoothie and açaí bowls in a warm-weather market.
Heal currently has 27 locations open, 168 in development, and contributes to 626 contractually committed franchise locations across Happy Belly’s portfolio, reflecting the company’s franchise-driven, asset-light expansion strategy.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced that its brand Yolks Breakfast signed a franchise agreement for the City of Edmonton on October 31, 2025, with an experienced breakfast operator. The deal marks Yolks' market entry to Edmonton and supports Happy Belly's Western Canada growth plan.
The company highlighted an asset-light franchising model, prioritized site selection on high-visibility corridors, and said it has 626 retail locations secured across Canada under multi-unit and area development agreements, spanning stores in development, under construction, and operating. Management reiterated expansion execution through 2025 and 2026.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced a signed franchise agreement and secured premium real estate for Heal Wellness at Toronto's Eaton Centre on October 23, 2025. The Eaton Centre location sits in one of Canada’s highest-traffic retail hubs, which the release says attracts more than 50 million annual visitors. Heal Wellness currently has 27 locations open and over 168 in development.
Happy Belly reports 626 contractually committed retail franchise locations across its portfolio, positioning the company to expand Heal Wellness and other brands in Cadillac Fairview properties nationwide.
Happy Belly Food Group (OTCQB: HBFGF) announced the grand opening of a new iQ Food Co. location on October 19, 2025 at 1542 Avenue Road in Toronto's Avenue & Lawrence neighbourhood. This marks iQ's 7th open location and the third brand within Happy Belly's portfolio to operate in that neighbourhood.
Since acquisition in late 2024, iQ has grown via franchising and area development, with more than 75 franchised locations currently under development across Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Atlantic Canada. Happy Belly reports 626 contractually committed retail franchise locations across its portfolio of emerging brands.