The brusque chef who inspired Seinfeld's "Soup Nazi" episode is franchising across North America, but don't expect the rude New York treatment at the hundreds of planned take-out soup outlets.

Franchisees from Princeton to Toronto won't shout "No soup for you!" at customers. They'll be "strongly discouraged" from mentioning the "Soup Nazi" or comedian Jerry Seinfeld, whom chef Al Yeganeh claims he made famous.

Yeganeh and his partners aim to franchise 1,000 outlets at shopping mall food courts, airport kiosks and other high-traffic U.S. and Canadian locations within seven years; they've signed deals for 123 so far, with the first slated to open in Ridgewood this summer.

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