Big League Food Company says it is on track to reach a revenue run rate of nearly $70 million entering 2027 as it expands its Ontario retail network and invests in manufacturing, technology and logistics capacity.
The Toronto-based food platform, whose brands include Dark Horse Espresso Bar, Dear Grain, Village Juicery and Detour Coffee, says it has achieved 25 per cent compounded annual growth since its inception in 2024 and is targeting $100 million in revenue by 2028.
Eight new locations planned in 2026
Big League Food Company, or BLFC, expects to have 35 retail locations by the end of 2026, including eight new locations opened or scheduled to open this year. The expansion includes a Village Juicery at First Canadian Place in May, three Dark Horse locations in North London, on Geary Avenue and at Sherway Gardens, as well as locations at College and Dovercourt and 64 Bathurst.
Two Dear Grain locations are also planned, at Summerhill at The James in October and Waterworks at 511 Richmond later in 2026.
The company says growth is also coming from existing locations. Dark Horse is reporting an 18 per cent increase in same-store sales and is expected to have 22 locations by the end of the year, while Dear Grain is reporting 25 per cent same-store sales growth and is expected to have five locations. Village Juicery is reporting three per cent same-store sales growth and is expected to have eight locations by year-end.
BLFC says about 90 per cent of store-level growth is being driven by customer traffic, which it says supports its plans to expand the brands’ retail footprints.
Investment in manufacturing and wholesale
The company is also investing in infrastructure intended to support growth across its retail and wholesale operations. A key project is a new 10,000-square-foot bread bakery for Dear Grain beside Gage Park in Hamilton, which is designed to increase production capacity and includes new equipment.
BLFC has also launched a Shopify-powered wholesale platform serving more than 650 active wholesale accounts with access to more than 700 products. The company says it is continuing to invest in manufacturing capacity, its delivery fleet and regional logistics network.
“We’ve consistently grown and executed since coming together in 2024, but the real source of our confidence is the underlying performance of the brands,” said Omar Shaheen, Co-Founder of Big League Food Company. “Eight new locations in 2026 is exciting, but strong traffic, same-store sales and customer adoption are what tell us these brands can become regional leaders. We’re investing now in the platform required to deliver compounded growth long into the future.”
BLFC says its investments are intended to build infrastructure capable of supporting approximately three times its current scale across its corporate stores and wholesale business.
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