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Baskin-Robbins signs deals for 18 more Toronto stores

September 5, 2018

Baskin-Robbins has signed development agreements with six new and existing franchise groups to open 18 units throughout the greater Toronto area of Ontario, Canada. The first Baskin-Robbins shop under these new agreements opened this summer, a news release said, adding to the nearly 100 Baskin-Robbins locations throughout the greater Toronto area.  

The franchisee groups and their development plans include:

• Sulman Muhammad, with more than 16 years of experience in retail management and new to the brand, plans to develop 11 Baskin-Robbins shops throughout the Greater Toronto Area.
• Existing franchisees Sunita Patel and Jayant (Jay) Patel have teamed up with new franchisees Vivek Patel, Rahulkumar Patel and Nimal Patel to open three shops in Burlington.
• Existing franchisee Imtisal Kiran signed a development agreement to bring one Baskin-Robbins to the southwest area of Toronto in addition to her existing location at Humbertown Shopping Centre in Etobicoke.
• Qais Hakeemi signed a single-unit agreement to bring one Baskin-Robbins shop to the town of Ajax.
• New franchisee Lori Malavolta, along with her husband Frank Malavolta, will open a shop in LimeRidge Mall Hamilton, along with their Kernels Popcorn franchise in the mall.
• Lu Tian, along with her husband Mike Pomerleau, opened a combo Baskin-Robbins and Kernels Popcorn location within the Rideau Centre shopping mall in Ottawa.
   

"Our secret to continued growth includes passionate franchisees who provide a high-level of customer service to guests every day," Grant Benson, VP of global franchising and business development of Dunkin' Brands, the parent company of Baskin Robbins, said in the release.

Franchise opportunities remain available in select communities throughout Canada for the brand, which was founded in 1945, by two ice cream enthusiasts whose passion led to the creation of more than 1,300 ice cream flavors.