{"id":18275,"date":"2015-08-12T02:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T02:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=18275"},"modified":"2015-07-27T09:51:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T09:51:12","slug":"kauais-real-food-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/kauais-real-food-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Kauai&#8217;s \u2018Real Food\u2019 Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Famous for its original smoothies and healthy food offering, KAUAI has been a mainstay on the South African health and wellness scene since 1996. Now almost 20-years since opening its first store in the Mother City, KAUAI has unveiled a new CI, a new store look and feel, a fresh new menu and customer experience. A whole array of the brand\u2019s new ideas, designed to give customers a \u2018nutritional theatre\u2019 experience, were revealed at the opening of the first new concept store situated in The Zone @ Rosebank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cRevitalising every aspect of the brand and business, will take KAUAI to the next level of growth and position the brand perfectly to inspire a \u2018real food\u2019 revolution in SA,\u201d said Dean Kowarski, Real Foods and KAUAI CEO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kauai3-1000x560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18284\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kauai3-1000x560.jpg\" alt=\"Kauai's \u2018Real Food\u2019 Revolution\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kauai3-1000x560.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kauai3-1000x560-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kauai3-1000x560-940x526.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Inspired by clean line simplicity, the new store concept is unassuming in its neutral palette of concrete tiles, cool white marble counters complemented by warm oaks and crisp black and white graphics. KAUAI exudes honesty from its choice of build finishes through to its food offering &#8211; a monochromatic blueprint that will be replicated throughout the new KAUAI stores.\u00a0<\/span>The new open kitchen means customers can engage with the KAUAI staff as they are preparing their fresh and healthy creations \u2013 another exciting new brand development to show transparency and enhance the customer in-store experience.\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">The \u2018customise it\u2019 or \u2018build your own\u2019 counter, boasts a wide variety of the best seasonal and locally sourced ingredients, to give customers a \u2018nutritional theatre\u2019 experience. In addition to the signature salads and wraps, customers are encouraged to experiment and create their own favourite wraps, salads and bowls. The \u2018customise it\u2019 option means that customers can have a different wrap or salad every day.\u00a0<\/span>Additional to the new menu is an inspiring selection of fresh, healthy and delicious meals, smoothies, raw juices and frozen yoghurts.\u00a0 Some of KAUAI\u2019s classic favourite menu items have been retained, but the recipes enhanced to fit with the new nutrient-dense, wholesome menu offering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kauai1-1000x560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18282\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kauai1-1000x560.jpg\" alt=\"Kauai's \u2018Real Food\u2019 Revolution\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kauai1-1000x560.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kauai1-1000x560-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kauai1-1000x560-940x526.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Acquired by multi-brand food group, Real Foods (Pty) Ltd in February 2015 and now positioned as a fast casual restaurant, KAUAI has not only re-looked its entire healthy food ecosystem, but also has a renewed focus on customer service excellence highlighted in their new slogan \u201cMade Naturally. Served happily\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">From October 2015, exciting new menu changes will be implemented across all stores. With time, the store design changes revealed today will be rolled out to all 153 local and international KAUAI stores, including those in the Virgin Active Health Clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span>For more information, visit <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kauai.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s4\">www.kauai.co.za<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Famous for its original smoothies and healthy food offering, KAUAI has been a mainstay on the South African health and wellness scene since 1996. Now almost 20-years since opening its first store in the Mother City, KAUAI has unveiled a new CI, a new store look and feel, a fresh new menu and customer experience. A whole array of the brand\u2019s new ideas, designed to give customers a \u2018nutritional theatre\u2019 experience, were revealed at the opening of the first new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}