{"id":527442,"date":"2026-03-10T19:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527442\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T19:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:26:07","slug":"restaurant-chain-lands-first-location-in-western-canada-and-its-in-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/527442\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant chain lands first location in Western Canada and it&#8217;s in Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Canadian chain known for its healthy bites is gearing up to open its first Calgary outpost.<\/p>\n<p>iQ Food Co. has revealed that its first restaurant in Western Canada is set to open in Calgary, as the brand has secured real estate in the city.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re unfamiliar with iQ, it offers a large menu of \u201cnourishing, clean-eating dishes\u201d including veggie and protein-packed bowls, smoothies, sandwiches, soups and more.<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary location will be the company\u2019s first expansion outside of Ontario, where it currently has seven locations, and is a major milestone in iQ\u2019s plans for national expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Area Development Agreements are in place across Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia, totalling 65 committed units, said Sean Black, CEO of Happy Belly Food Group, a leader in acquiring and scaling emerging food brands, including iQ.<\/p>\n<p>While there is no confirmed opening date or location for iQ\u2019s first Calgary location just yet, it\u2019s always exciting to see a new healthy spot opening up in the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iqfoodco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Still hungry? Discover\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dishedcalgary?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dished Calgary on TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Canadian chain known for its healthy bites is gearing up to open its first Calgary outpost. iQ&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-527442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}