Freshly Chopped, also simply called Chopped, is an Irish-headquartered

restaurant chain A chain store or retail chain is a retail outlet in which several locations share a brand, central management and standardized business practices. They have come to dominate the retail and dining markets and many service categories, in many pa ...

, serving

salad A salad is a dish consisting of mixed, mostly natural ingredients with at least one raw ingredient. They are typically served at room temperature or chilled, though some can be served warm. Condiments and salad dressings, which exist in a va ...

s and other health foods.

History

The first Chopped opened on

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in May 2012, founded by Brian Lee and Andy Chen. They began to

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in 2016. In 2019 the company expanded to the

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and

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Food

Freshly Chopped serve salads, cut with their signature

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knives.

References

External links

Official website
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