NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Smoothie King
Franchises, Inc., the premier smoothie and nutritional retail
lifestyle center, announced its Franchisee of the Year during its
annual conference in New Orleans,
where more than 1,000 corporate team members, franchise partners
and partner vendors franchise partners and partner vendors from all
over the world gathered. This year, David
and Dawn Cotrone and their son David
Cotrone, Jr., were recognized for their exceptional
operations, sales and contributions to the success of the Smoothie
King brand.
"We are pleased to honor the Cotrones for their commitment and
dedication to Smoothie King and for inspiring people to live a
healthy and active lifestyle," said Smoothie King Global CEO
Wan Kim. "The Cotrones exemplify our
ideal franchise partner who truly understands our business and
values focused on offering smoothies with a purpose. As we continue
expanding both nationally and internationally, it is important for
us to continue adding strong candidates like the Cotrones to our
existing network of dedicated and successful franchisees."
The Cotrones opened their first Smoothie King location in
Bradenton, Fla., in 2007, earning
them the New Franchisee of the Year Award, and have since opened
two additional stores in the area. The family plans to open a
fourth location with a drive-thru in 2015.
"This recognition is a huge honor for our family and I am very
proud of our dedicated team for its hard work," said David Cotrone, Sr. "Smoothie King has done an
outstanding job of delivering high-quality products, while
continuing to evolve the brand through a new store design and
exciting product pipeline, further positioning it as a leader in
the competitive smoothie industry. We look forward to our continued
partnership and growth with Smoothie King."
Even with more than 500 locations in the U.S., the brand still
has extensive smoothie franchise opportunities across the
country. Smoothie King has an aggressive growth strategy to add
more than 900 new franchised and corporate stores domestically over
the next four years and is currently targeting expansion in
Tampa, Chicago, Baltimore,
Washington, D.C., and Columbus,
Ohio. Internationally, Smoothie King has plans to develop
500 new franchised and corporate locations in target markets such
as Singapore, Japan, China,
Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, the
Philippines, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Turkey, Egypt
and the United Arab Emirates over
the next five years.
To learn more about the benefits of owning a Smoothie King, or
for more information, please
visit www.smoothiekingfranchise.com or contact
Natalie Johnson at
natalie.johnson@smoothieking.com. For information about
international franchise opportunities, please e-mail
international@smoothieking.com.
About Smoothie King Franchises Inc.
Smoothie King Franchises, Inc. is a privately held, New Orleans-area-based franchise company with
more than 690 units worldwide. By creating each smoothie with a
purpose, Smoothie King makes it simple and pleasurable for guests
to achieve their individual health goals. The franchise also offers
a number of healthy retail products, including
sports beverages, energy bars, vitamin supplements and
more.
Smoothie King was founded in 1973 by Steve Kuhnau, whose mission was to help others
achieve better health in a tasty way. In 1989, Smoothie King became
the first franchised smoothie bar/health food store in the U.S. and
currently operates in 33 states, the Caymans, Singapore and the Republic of Korea. In 2014,
Smoothie King was ranked No. 1 by Entrepreneur magazine
in the juice bar category for the 20th year and No. 86 overall on
the 2014 Franchise 500 list. In 2014, Smoothie King partnered with
the New Orleans Pelicans to launch the Smoothie King Center, a
multi-purpose indoor arena in New
Orleans, Louisiana. Visit www.smoothieking.com or
www.smoothiekingfranchise.com; engage on
Facebook www.facebook.com/SmoothieKing; follow on Twitter
at http://twitter.com/smoothieking.
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