NEW ORLEANS, April 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Smoothie King
Franchises, Inc., the premier smoothie and nutritional lifestyle
center, announced today it reported strong same-store sales growth
of approximately 7.2 percent for the first quarter of 2014.
"Many quick-serve concepts saw sales and traffic decline because
of the severe winter weather we had in many parts of the U.S., but
Smoothie King continued to experience impressive same-store sales
results," said Smoothie King Global CEO Wan
Kim. "As we continue to outpace the competition, Smoothie
King has proven to be one of the best franchise opportunities in
the segment as consumers' desire to live a more healthy, active
lifestyle drives traffic to our locations year round."
Traffic and sales in the first quarter were primarily driven by
the introduction of the brand's first smoothies featuring
vegetables, Veggie Blends, which blend fruit with carrot and kale.
Smoothie King also signed 14 franchise agreements to develop 22
locations, and is on track to open 26 new franchised locations and
three corporate stores in the second quarter of 2014.
Smoothie King plans to add more than 900 new franchised and
corporate locations domestically over the next four years. Even
with more than 500 locations in the U.S., the brand still has
extensive smoothie franchise opportunities available in
the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest and Northeast regions.
Smoothie King also continues to expand internationally through both
master franchise and corporate stores in South Korea, Singapore and the Cayman Islands, and is focusing on identifying
partners in several key countries in Asia and the Middle
East.
Franchisees should possess a passion for the brand and be
dedicated to serving the community. While restaurant experience is
not required, the ideal candidate for the smoothie
franchise should have an entrepreneurial spirit, as well as
sales, marketing, restaurant and/or retail experience.
To learn more about the benefits of owning a Smoothie King, or
for more information and to register for a Discovery Day, please
visit www.smoothiekingfranchise.com or contact
Natalie Johnson at
natalie.johnson@smoothieking.com or (985) 635-6984.
About Smoothie King Franchises Inc.
Smoothie King
Franchises, Inc. is a privately held, New
Orleans-area-based franchise company and the premier
Smoothie Bar and Nutritional Lifestyle Center in the industry.
Smoothie King offers guests the original nutritional fresh-blended
smoothie and healthy retail products, including sports
beverages, energy bars, healthy snacks, vitamin supplements,
herbs, minerals and other sports nutrition products. Smoothie
King opened its first store in 1973 and started as the first
franchised smoothie bar/health food store in the United States in 1989. Smoothie
King currently has more than 650 units operating 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.
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