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SaladStop! eschewed venture funding in its early years

It was partly to retain autonomy and control over the business' growth trajectory, says managing director Adrien Desbaillets.
By Lynette Tan
The Business Times
SaladStop! eschewed venture funding in its early years
Mr Desbaillets: "Every business has reacted differently to 2020. We embraced it as an opportunity to accelerate our digital push and always stayed close to the customer. Convenience is a defining value proposition of the modern market, and has become even more so in a time of working from home and rapid digitalisation."
23 Feb 2021 - 05:50

SaladStop! is now headed for Series B fund raising as it seeks to expand from 65 outlets in the region to 300, but the family-owned food chain had eschewed external funding in its early days.

It was partly to retain autonomy and control over the business' growth trajectory.

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