
And when he walks in, he immediately notices something a little odd.


LORINC: There are a lot of people who will just randomly tweet pictures of their salad bowls from Freshii, and they'll just caption it with things like, this is a great salad bowl.ĪRONCZYK: So he decides he will go to this particular Freshii that his friend texted him about. Like, you take five steps, another Freshii, five more steps, Freshii - two Freshiis.ĪRONCZYK: Jacob says it's the kind of place people feel pretty warmly about. And these restaurants, they're everywhere in Toronto. You should go check it out.įreshii is a fast-food chain that serves salads and burritos and smoothies with avocado blended into them, if that's your thing. JACOB LORINC: I got a text from my friend saying, hey, I saw something strange at Freshii. One Sunday morning in April, reporter Jacob Lorinc was sitting at his home in Toronto when he looked down at his phone. SYLVIE DOUGLIS, BYLINE: This is PLANET MONEY from NPR.
