New Ownership Is the Best LA Restaurant Trend of 2024 - Eater LA
"In 2020, Souplantation announced it was closing all 97 restaurants during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The circumstances surrounding the pandemic exacerbated an already grim financial picture for a business that filed for bankruptcy in 2016. When news that a Souplantation dupe with no business relation to the original called Soup ‘n Fresh was open in Rancho Cucamonga, longtime fans showed up in droves and waited over an hour to fill their melamine plates with Wonton Happiness salad and blueberry muffins." - Cathy Chaplin
