"We should have a contest for why they came up with that name," owner Mike Bess of Sarasota said jokingly. "I don't know if [the founder] had an orange leaf in his back yard or what."
It could be a stretch for an Oklahoma City-based chain, but an Orange Leaf is right at home in Florida.
The chain was actually conceived in San Francisco and later moved its corporate offices to the Sooner State with CEO Reese Travis, who won a championship in 2000 with University of Oklahoma football.
The froyo chain is undergoing a rapid expansion across the country, and in Southwest Florida including one here in Sarasota. Last year, Orange Leaf had 48 stores and now with current and future stores this year is expected to
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