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Happy Belly Food Group's Heal Wellness QSR Announces Secured Real Estate Location and Franchisee for Shawnessey Village, Calgary
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 14, 2026) - Happy Belly Food Group Inc. (CSE: HBFG) (OTCQB: HBFGF) ("Happy Belly" or the "Company"), a leading consolidator of emerging restaurant brands, is pleased to announce that its Heal Wellness brand ("Heal") has secured both a franchisee and a real estate location in Shawnessey Village, a high-traffic retail node in Calgary, Alberta. This milestone further advances Heal's disciplined, asset-light growth strategy across key Western Canadian...
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