A ‘social franchise’ restaurant concept is spreading from Ivano-Frankivsk to Kyiv and on to Berlin and San Francisco,

A ‘social franchise’ restaurant concept is spreading from Ivano-Frankivsk to Kyiv and on to Berlin and San Francisco, Yuriy Fyliuk, the founder, tells Interfax-Ukraine. Dec. 1 is the opening day in Kyiv for Urban Space 500, a restaurant off the Maidan funded by 500 donors. Each donor gives a non-refundable contribution of $1,000. Of the restaurant’s net profit, 20% goes to the management company, and 80% goes to a public organization controlled by the donors. At a general meeting, the donors decide which city development projects to support. Fyliuk says: “We received more than 250 requests from 15 countries for the replication of this experience. Today, the first franchise went to Kyiv.”