Kansas.com (blog):
A franchisee is looking to bring as many as three Freebirds World Burritos to Wichita.
Overland Park-based FB Midwest Development is the first franchisee of the chain, which is based in Texas and California.
The franchise group has the rights to develop Freebirds locations in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska.
“We’re signed up initially for 27, and hopefully we can get more territories,†says Bryce Katz, COO and partner.
He says the restaurant is similar to Chipotle Mexican Grill, with a big focus on organic items such as grass-fed beef and hormone-free chicken.
Freebirds has what Katz calls “very, very fresh†burritos, burrito bowls, nachos, quesadillas, salad and seven kinds of salsa.
The group’s first restaurant opened recently in Mission, which makes the 77th Freebirds site nationally.
Katz says his group hopes to open in Wichita in 2013.