Brianna Keefe is the founder and visionary of DC based gourmet toast and juice bar, Toastique. In under 5 years, Brianna and team opened 70 franchise locations across the USA–including the beautiful location downstairs from Something New Studios. She also made the Forbes “Top 30 Under 30” List in 2022!
Brianna will tell you she has been passionate about food, nutrition and fitness in all its forms, which overtime transitioned into a passion and love for clean living. In high school she made smoothies & juice everyday, this sparking the dream of owning her own health cafe. In college, being a D1 athlete, she quickly learned how important it was to have wholesome meals throughout the day to keep her energy up while on the go. Day in day out, Brianna expanded her original avocado toast, to various toast creations to accommodate her busy schedule anytime of the day.
Brianna appreciates beauty in a simple and honest form. She takes the color of the fresh, crisp produce, mixes it with her passion and love of healthy living to create the beautiful delicacies of Toastique.
In this episode, host Mindi Linscombe gets the scoop on how Brianna envisioned and made the Toastique brand a reality. They also discuss the determination involved to run and scale a successful business, resolving conflict with co-owners, and inspiring teams to go to new levels to serve customers and grow a brand.
Find out more about Brianna Keefe at: https://toastique.com/ and @briannakeefe on Instagram!
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