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Date:Share post:FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinOne of North America’s most popular dessert brands Fuwa Fuwa Pancakes has opened its third location in Calgary as it continues to expand in the market.The new location at Chinook Plaza is the company’s fifth location in Alberta. Other locations in Calgary are in the University District and Kensington neighbourhoods. The other two in Alberta are in Edmonton. The brand currently has 22 locations in Canada and internationally.And there are plans to continue expansion.&nbsp;Fuwa Fuwa was founded in 2018 in Toronto where Nicolas Poon, COO, and his co-founder Benson Lau, wanted to bring their love of Japanese desserts and a unique concept to Canada, a place where multiculturalism, diversity and innovative products are welcomed.“We have more to be coming as well in the West Coast,” said Poon. “We have expanded across Ontario. And we have expanded across Alberta and now we are expanding across to Quebec, to British Columbia and other provinces as well.”Fuwa Fuwa is known for souffle pancakes, which are light, fluffy, high in protein and low in sugar. Poon said every souffle pancake dish at Fuwa Fuwa is handcrafted and carefully plated to produce an artisanal piece that is popular on social media for its “photogenicism.”“We often get DM’s and emails from enthusiastic followers around the world asking us to open a store near them,” he said.Fuwa Fuwa won the Best Asia Pacific Business Award 2023 in the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs.“We have actually already expanded internationally. We have presence in the UK, in France. We’ll be expanding to the U.S. We will roll out on the first phase about 15 locations in the U.S. from Atlanta to Florida to the east coast like New York, New Jersey area as well as Boston. And then we also have down south in Texas and west in California, Los Angeles.”Six locations are currently opening internationally with 20 more locations that will be opening by the second quarter of 2024.“Fuwa Fuwa literally means fluffy, fluffy. We specialize in something called the Japanese souffle pancakes. Unlike a traditional pancake, it’s light as air, fluffy as cloud pancakes. It’s actually also high in protein and low in sugar,” said Poon.“There’s a lot of care that is also put into every plate in how we craft and place our products. It’s very artisanal and social media friendly as well.”Fuwa Fuwa is represented by Adam Liberman of Brokerage Oberfeld Snowcap in Quebec.Robson Yuen, who is operating the Chinook Plaza location, said he’s quite happy with the location of the new store and it feels like his dream has come true.Yuen said most Fuwa Fuwa stores are about 1,000 to 1,200 square feet but his is slightly bigger with about 1,700 square feet.Food and beverage concepts from Japan have become increasingly more popular in Canada.“Our product is really a symbolism of multiculturalism and diversity because the origin of souffle pancakes actually originated from France. 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Date:Share post:FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinOne of North America’s most popular dessert brands Fuwa Fuwa Pancakes has opened its third location in Calgary as it continues to expand in the market.The new location at Chinook Plaza is the company’s fifth location in Alberta. Other locations in Calgary are in the University District and Kensington neighbourhoods. The other two in Alberta are in Edmonton. The brand currently has 22 locations in Canada and internationally.And there are plans to continue expansion.&nbsp;Fuwa Fuwa was founded in 2018 in Toronto where Nicolas Poon, COO, and his...

Artisanal Souffle Pancake Concept 'Fuwa Fuwa' Expanding Further with Locations Across Canada [Interview]

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