Freshii Assist Launches in Chicago to Energize Guests with Disabilities
Inclusion Solutions Rolls out Freshii Assist at 30 Chicagoland Freshii locations
CHICAGO, IL (Tuesday, February 23, 2016) — Together with Inclusion Solutions, healthy fast-casual restaurant brand Freshii has introduced Freshii Assist: a new accessibility program designed to energize guests in need of extra assistance.
Freshii Assist is a new guest service program, and how it works is simple. Guests with a disability, an 
older adult needing a hand or a parent with astroller press the oversized touchpad on the freestanding alert system to sound and visually display a signal, notifying the staff that a guest needs assistance from step one of their in-store experience. When staff hear the Freshii Assist ring tone, a team member engages with the guest and provides that little extra assistance anywhere from ordering, grabbing a beverage or getting situated at a table.
Inclusion Solutions branded the company’s alert system exclusively for the city’s leading health-casual concept. Inclusion Solutions Founder and CEO Patrick Hughes has d
edicated his career to striving to give people equal service. Hughes says, “Twenty percent of the community has a disability, and so many of those disabilities are ones you cannot see with the naked eye.” Hughes adds, “One of three American families has a member with a disability, which means one of three people visiting a Freshii this afternoon loves someone with a disability. That’s who we created Freshii Assist for.”
Freshii’s mission is simple: to make healthy meal choices accessible and convenient to all, and that includes the disability community that is often overlooked. David Grossman, Freshii Chicago Franchise Master, shares, “Just as there is a high demand for healthy meal choices that fuel you throughout the day, there is a similar strong demand for accessibility. We are proud that Freshii is offering that throughout the Chicagoland area. Our goal is to always make guests feel welcome and glad they visited our locations. Freshii Assist will announce to our guests, without us saying a word, that we see them and will adhere to their needs.”
Freshii Assist goes beyond the green signs found at Freshii’s Chicago stores. The program includes training for all employees with JJ’s List, allowing Freshii staff to learn how to better engage with their guests with disabilities and understand how to create a feeling of inclusivity. JJ Hanley, Director of jjslist.com, commented on Freshii Assist and said, “Customers with disabilities want to give their business to places that walk the talk of disability awareness, and we applaud Freshii for its commitment to making its stores welcoming and inclusive for everyone.”
To find a nearby Freshii location and its hours of operation, visit www.freshii.com/us/locations. To learn more about Freshii Assist, watch the highlight video.
About Freshii
Eat. Energize. That’s the Freshii mantra. Freshii is a health-casual restaurant brand that serves fresh food designed to energize people on the go. With a diverse and completely customizable menu of breakfast, soups, salads, wraps, bowls, burritos, frozen yogurt, juices and smoothies served in an eco-friendly environment, Freshii caters to every taste and dietary preference.
Today there are over 200 Freshii restaurants globally in Toronto, Vancouver, Miami, Chicago, Houston, Dubai, Vienna, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala and 80+ cities and 15 countries around the world, with three new restaurants opening every week. Freshii restaurants can be found in all locations from cosmopolitan cities, college campuses, suburban neighborhoods and malls to fitness clubs, airports and small towns.
Find the nearest Freshii: http://www.freshii.com.
Keep in touch with Freshii on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freshii.
Follow Freshii on Twitter and Instagram: @freshii.
Learn about Founder & CEO Matthew Corrin
About Inclusion Solutions
Inclusion Solutions’ mission is to change the experience of access and create a world where all are welcome. Whether it’s exercising the right to vote, or getting gas, or getting food on the way home, our goal is to remove the barriers to inclusion. As the nation’s foremost access provider the markets we reach are broad. We work with election officials at the state, county, and local level to ensure full access to voting. We supply refueling access products to the military and gas stations. We sell practical, low-cost products to retail businesses (including restaurants), and property managers. In partnership with people with disabilities, the business community and government agency, Inclusion Solutions is continually innovating. Currently, we provide over 350 products, all designed and sourced to make compliance simple. For more information: Inclusion Solutions.
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