By Anna Guy
-------------------------------------------------------
T
here is a new kid on the block. Fast
food and healthy food are no longer
mutually exclusive.
Copper Branch is changing the fast food land-
scape. The brainchild of Rio Infantino, Copper
Branch brings an exciting and welcoming new
approach to a fast food restaurant service,
swapping traditional deep-fried fare for a 100-
per cent plant-based menu.
Rio is uniquely qualified to lead the pack. With
over two decades working in all aspects of
the restaurant business, from high-end restau-
rants, to operations, and as a multi-unit fran-
chise owner of two of Canada’s biggest fast
food chains, he knows first-hand the state
of the fast food industry, and the hunger for
APRIL 2018
H
business elite canada 155
