Café Yumm!
{{Short description|Restaurant chain}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Café Yumm!
| logo =
| image = Cafe Yumm in Eagle, Idaho.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| image_caption = Café Yumm! in Eagle, Idaho
| type = Private
| industry = Fast casual restaurant
| founded = 1997
| founders = Mary Ann and Mark Beauchamp
| hq_location_city = Eugene, Oregon
| hq_location_country = USA
| area_served = Oregon, Washington, Idaho
| num_employees = 53
| website = {{URL|https://www.cafeyumm.com/}}
}}
Café Yumm! is a fast casual restaurant chain with outlets in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Founded in Eugene, Oregon, Café Yumm! outlets focus on fast, casual, cheap, and healthy cuisine, and some menu items feature the company's original signature sauce.{{cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=John|title=Restaurant review: Cafe Yumm!|url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/entertainment/3040825-151/restaurant-review-cafe-yumm|website=The Bulletin|date=10 April 2015 |accessdate=30 January 2018}}
History
Café Yumm! was founded in 1997 when owners Mary Ann and Mark Beauchamp converted their unsuccessful juice bar into a fast casual restaurant. Central to the new menu were the Yumm! Bowl and its Yumm! Sauce, both developed earlier by Mary Ann Beauchamp at her former restaurant, Wild Rose Café & Deli.{{cite web |title=Timeline |publisher=Café Yumm! |url=https://www.cafeyumm.com/timeline |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205235949/https://www.cafeyumm.com/timeline |archive-date=February 5, 2019}} The company opened a second location in Eugene in 1999 and a third in 2002, and in 2007 the company began to franchise.{{cite news |title=Success Story: Cafe Yumm! |newspaper=Bplans |publisher=Palo Alto Software |url=https://articles.bplans.com/success-story-cafe-yumm/ |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020208/https://articles.bplans.com/success-story-cafe-yumm/ |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |url-status=bot: unknown }} The chain grew to 15 locations by 2015, with two franchises in Bend, Oregon.
The chain opened its 23rd location in Eagle, Idaho, in February, 2019, as part of a three-outlet plan that includes two future Boise locations.{{cite news |title=Cafe Yumm signs 3-unit deal for Boise |newspaper=Fast Casual |date=February 14, 2018 |url=https://www.fastcasual.com/news/cafe-yumm-signs-3-unit-deal-for-boise/ |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214171426/https://www.fastcasual.com/news/cafe-yumm-signs-3-unit-deal-for-boise/ |archive-date=February 14, 2018}}{{cite news |title=Eugene-based Café Yumm! opening first Idaho restaurant |author=Elon Glucklich |newspaper=The Register-Guard |location=Eugene, Oregon |date=January 26, 2019 |url=https://www.registerguard.com/news/20190126/eugene-based-cafxe9-yumm-opening-first-idaho-restaurant |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127030608/https://www.registerguard.com/news/20190126/eugene-based-cafxe9-yumm-opening-first-idaho-restaurant |archive-date=January 27, 2019}}
Estimated annual revenue for the company is $10.1 million with an estimate of 54 employees.{{cite news |title=Café Yumm!'s Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions |newspaper=Owler |url=https://www.owler.com/company/cafeyumm |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206003826/https://www.owler.com/company/cafeyumm |archive-date=February 6, 2019}}
Menu
The Café Yumm! menu consists of five categories: three sizes of rice bowls layered with organic beans, Yumm! Sauce, and Deluxe Toppings (shredded cheddar cheese, tomatoes, avocado, sour cream, black olives, and cilantro), sandwiches and wraps, salads, soups, and bentos. More than 50 percent of the food served at Café Yumm! restaurants is certified organic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/words-deeds/article225302285.html|title=New to Idaho, restaurant opens serving ... HEALTHY food? (Wait, beer and cookies, too!)|website=idahostatesman|language=en|access-date=2019-03-27}}
= Yumm! Sauce =
Café Yumm! co-founder Mary Ann Beauchamp developed the recipe for Yumm! Sauce in the 1980s.{{Cite web|url=http://projects.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/living/food/24398952-57/rice-jasmine-sauce-cup-yumm.csp|title=Jasmine is everything nice about rice {{!}} Oregon Life {{!}} Eugene, Oregon|website=projects.registerguard.com|access-date=2019-03-27}} The company's original signature sauce is made with a base of almonds, garbanzo beans, soy beans, lemon juice, oil, herbs, and nutritional yeast. The sauce is used on a variety of menu items at Café Yumm! restaurants and a commercial version of the sauce is sold in over 160 grocery stores throughout the Pacific Northwest and through the company's online store.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/yumm-sauce-a-delicious-mystery/|title=Yumm! sauce a delicious mystery|last=Broyles|first=Addie|date=2013-04-10|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-27}}
Reception and awards
Café Yumm! has been named The Register-Guard's Readers’ Choice for "Best Lunch Bargain" and "Favorite Vegetarian" in readers' polls many times since 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://projects.registerguard.com/pages/readers-choice/2016/results/open/|title=2016 {{!}} Readers' Choice {{!}} Eugene, Oregon|website=projects.registerguard.com|access-date=2019-03-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://projects.registerguard.com/pages/readers-choice/2015/results/open|title=2015 {{!}} Readers' Choice {{!}} Eugene, Oregon|website=projects.registerguard.com|access-date=2019-03-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://projects.registerguard.com/pages/readers-choice/2017/results/open/|title=2017 {{!}} Readers' Choice {{!}} Eugene, Oregon|website=projects.registerguard.com|access-date=2019-03-27}} The company was also recognized as "Most Environmentally Friendly Business" in 2009. Café Yumm! has been named in the Eugene Weekly's "Best Of" for a variety of awards including "Best Vegetarian", "Best Eats Under $8", and "Best Cheap Eats" from 2014 to 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://nextbigthingeugene.com/new/20131107/lead-story/best-eugene-2013-2014|title=Best of Eugene 2013-2014 ‹ Eugene Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://bestofeugene.com/best-of-eugene-2015-16/|title=Best of Eugene 2015-16|last=admin|date=2015-11-05|website=Best of Eugene|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://bestofeugene.com/best-vegetarian-vegan/|title=Best Vegetarian/Vegan|last=Mortensen|first=Camilla|date=2018-11-01|website=Best of Eugene|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-27}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.eugeneweekly.com/tag/eugene-2018-eats/|title=Eugene 2018 EATS – Eugene Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-27}}
[https://www.qsrmagazine.com QSR Magazine] included Café Yumm! in the 2018 40/40 List of America's Hottest Startup Fast Casuals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.qsrmagazine.com/content/4040-list-americas-hottest-startup-fast-casuals|title=The 40/40 List: America's Hottest Startup Fast Casuals|last=danny|date=2018-02-13|website=QSR magazine|language=en|access-date=2019-03-27}}
References
Category:Regional restaurant chains in the United States
Category:Fast casual restaurants
Category:Restaurants in Oregon
Category:Companies based in Eugene, Oregon
Category:1997 establishments in Oregon
Category:Restaurants established in 1997
Category:Restaurants in Eugene, Oregon
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