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Juice It Up! Reinvigorates Franchise Growth

by Katie Lee August 23, 2022

Newport Beach, Calif. — Juice It Up! has reinvigorated franchise growth in 2022, ending the first half of the year with 84 locations in various markets, having opened five new locations since the beginning of 2022. The brand remains committed to doubling its unit count to approximately 200 locations in the next 4 years and currently has more than 30 new locations in the pipeline for development. Juice It Up! recently signed four new franchise agreements, including a multi-unit deal in Bakersfield, Calif., that accounts for a total of six …

August 23, 2022

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Juice It Up! Elevates Susan Taylor to President and CEO

by Katie Lee July 30, 2020

Irvine, Calif. — Juice It Up!, one of the nation’s leading handcrafted smoothie, açaí bowl and raw juice chains, has promoted Susan Taylor to president and chief executive officer. She joined Juice It Up!’s senior leadership team last September as vice president of operations. A restaurant industry veteran of nearly 30 years, 14 of which were with Jamba, Taylor will lead Juice It Up!’s next phase of growth. Celebrating its 25-year anniversary in 2020, the Juice It Up! brand was acquired in 2018 by SJB Brands, LLC, a partnership between …

July 30, 2020

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Juice It Up! to Open Flagship Location with New Prototype Design

by Katie Lee July 1, 2020

Irvine, Calif. — Juice It Up!, one of the nation’s leading handcrafted smoothie, açaí bowl and raw juice chains, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020, is opening the brand’s flagship “new store prototype” location this summer in Costa Mesa, Calif. This corporate-owned location will be the first to feature the brand’s new store design and will serve as an innovation kitchen for R&D, as well as a training and test center to continually share best practices with franchisees systemwide. The flagship location is opening on Costa Mesa’s 17th …

July 1, 2020

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Mountain Mike’s Pizza Expands in Orange County with New Prototype

by Katie Lee February 25, 2020

Newport Beach, Calif. — Mountain Mike’s Pizza, a leading Southern California-based family-style pizza chain, will open two new restaurants featuring the brand’s updated prototype and refreshed guest experience this spring in Costa Mesa and Fountain Valley, Calif. The decision to plant deeper roots in Orange County was spearheaded by Chris Britt and Ed St. Geme, co-CEOs and principal owners of Mountain Mike’s Pizza, who acquired the brand in 2017. The opening of these new Orange County locations will bring the brand to nearly 220 units and mark the county’s second …

February 25, 2020