Locally owned restaurant chain set to expand in region

Green Market Cafe, based in Tampa, will open a new eatery in Trinity and begin franchising operations.

By Business Observer Staff
| 9:53 a.m. October 14, 2020
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Courtesy. Green Market Cafe owner Andrew Koumi, left, has teamed up with Little Greek Franchise Development President Nick Vojnovic on a franchising initiative.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

TAMPA — Green Market Cafe, a 10-year-old restaurant group based in Tampa, is set to open a new location later this month in Trinity and seeks a franchisee to operate it.

Owned by Andrew Koumi, the company has four fast-casual restaurants in the Tampa Bay region. They serve a menu consisting of freshly made salads, bowls, wraps and sandwiches. Green Market Cafe also operates a popular corporate catering service, according to a press release.

“Once we open the Trinity location in October, we plan to put it on the market as a franchise,” Koumi states in the release. “We consider it a highly viable opportunity.”

Koumi, the release states, has partnered on a franchising initiative — Green Market Cafe Franchise Development Group — with another successful local restaurateur, Nick Vojnovic, the president and majority partner of Little Greek Franchise Development LLC.

“We are currently starting our expansion, including a future location in Seminole,” Koumi states in the release. “We also have our eyes set on opening four additional locations in the Tampa Bay area during 2021 — this would double our presence in this region.”

Under Vojnovic’s leadership, the release states, Little Greek Franchise Development has grown to include 41 locations — soon to be 44 — in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois.