Chain: Jamba Juice

Jamba Juice Plots East Coast Expansion

Jamba Juice, a category leading smoothie brand with more than 900 franchised and company-owned locations worldwide, is gearing up for a big expansion east of the Rocky Mountains, specifically the east coast. The Frisco-based franchisor will open its newest east-coast area location in Annapolis this winter. The store will be owned and operated by Alex […]

Jamba Juice Plans San Antonio Expansion

Jamba Juice is gearing up for a big expansion push in San Antonio. With four stores currently operating in the area, the most recent of which opened less than six months ago, the Dallas-based franchise is looking to open as many as 10 new metro area locations over the next five years. The local expansion […]

Toast Teams with Jamba Juice for Next-Gen Ordering Experience

Toast announced its partnership with Jamba Juice—the brand known for inspiring and simplifying healthy living in more than 900 locations worldwide—from the floor of the 2018 National Restaurant Association Show. Jamba Juice selected Toast for its cloud-based, mobile, and centralized point-of-sale platform. Toast’s Android architecture will provide a reliable technology infrastructure that supports seamless, frequent […]

Jamba Juice Eyes Continued Expansion in Houston

Jamba Juice, the category leading smoothie brand with more than 800 franchised and company-owned locations worldwide, is gearing up for a big expansion push in Houston With eight stores currently operating in the area, the most recent of which opened in December of 2016, the Dallas-based franchise is planning to open as many as 15 […]

Jamba Juice Selects SICOM as Exclusive Digital Display Solutions Provider

SICOM announced that Jamba Juice selected SICOM as its exclusive provider of digital display solutions. As part of Jamba Juice’s new store design and growth strategy, SICOM will provide Indoor Digital Menu Boards as well as additional digital displays for an Inspiration and Marketing unit in the front of the store. “SICOM is the perfect […]

Jamba Juice Re-Energizes Franchise Strategy

For over 25 years, Jamba Juice has been a popular place for Americans craving freshly blended smoothies, juices and other healthful products made with real fruits and vegetables. The brand is now on a mission to inspire and simplify healthy living in even more communities across the country. The category leading smoothie brand is re-energizing […]

Jamba Names Claudia Schaefer New CMO

Jamba, Inc. announced Claudia Schaefer will join the company as Chief Marketing Officer. Schaefer will start on November 6, and will oversee all aspects of global marketing, consumer insights, public relations, product innovation, and research & development. She will report to Dave Pace, president and Chief Executive Officer, and succeeds Rachel Phillips-Luther who left the […]

Jamba Buys 21 Stores from Former Franchisee

Jamba Inc. announced a growth agreement with its largest franchise partner, Vitaligent, LLC, which includes the acquisition of 21 stores from a former franchisee and the development of 12 new stores in the greater Seattle market. This agreement will increase Vitaligent’s operation to 100 stores across California, Missouri, and now, Washington. Vitaligent has also committed […]

Jamba Juice Joins Forces with Folds of Honor

Jamba, Inc., a leading lifestyle brand whose mission is to inspire and simplify healthy living, today announced its national partnership with Folds of Honor, a national non-profit committed to supporting the education of children and spouses of veterans killed or disabled while serving our nation. Today through July 4, participating Jamba stores will sell signature […]

Former Starbucks Exec Named COO of Jamba Juice

Jamba, Inc., a leading healthful, active lifestyle brand, announced that Joe Thornton will join Jamba Juice as Chief Operations Officer, effective March 20. Thornton will report to CEO Dave Pace and will be based at the Jamba Whirl’d Support Center located in Frisco, Texas. In his new assignment, Thornton will be responsible for all aspects […]

Jamba Juice Hires New Chief Marketing Officer

Jamba Inc., a leading health and wellness brand, announced that Rachel Phillips-Luther will join Jamba Juice as chief marketing officer, effective August 9. Phillips-Luther will report to president and CEO Dave Pace and will be based in the Jamba Support Center when it relocates to Frisco, Texas. Phillips-Luther brings a deep understanding of the restaurant industry and […]

Inventure Mixes It Up With New Jamba Smoothies

Specialty food marketer and manufacturer Inventure Foods is advancing its Jamba “At Home” line of ready-to-blend smoothie kits with two new nutrient-rich varieties arriving in grocery, club, and mass merchandise stores nationwide this month. Pomegranate Pick-Me-Up and Berry Awesome Acai feature a blend of premium berries, fat-free Greek yogurt, and ancient grains, including oat bran, amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat, […]

Timothy’s World Coffee and Jamba Juice Team Up

Known across North America for its fine, authentic coffee from around the world and warm, inviting cafés, Timothy’s World Coffee is opening its second location in the United States. Timothy’s World Coffee has teamed up with Jamba Juice to open inside Stop & Shop, located at 3126 Jericho Turnpike in East Northport, New York, with […]

Former, Incoming WFF Board Chairs Take on New Titles

The Women's Foodservice Forum (WFF), the industry's premier leadership development organization with more than 25 years of experience advancing women in the food industry, congratulates its former board chair Carin Stutz on her new role as COO for Red Robin and its incoming board chair for 2017 Marie Perry on being named executive vice president […]

Jamba Juice Plants Flag in Florida Keys Resort

La Concha Hotel and Resort brought Jamba Juice, the popular California-born brand of refreshing, nutritious smoothies to the Key West, Florida, market. Located on Duval Street side of La Concha Key West, the new, express-style Jamba Juice offers everything from classic, frozen yogurt smoothies to all-fruit, non-dairy smoothies as well as a variety of energy, […]

Jamba Announces Plans For Order-Ahead App

Jamba Inc. today announced consumers will soon be able to bypass the line at stores nationwide by using the new Jamba mobile order-ahead app. The new smartphone tool, designed to meet the needs of today’s time-constrained consumer, will be available by mid-November on the Jamba Juice app and will be supported by over 600 Jamba […]

Jamba Juice Outfits Stores with Blendtec Stealth

The world’s largest juice and smoothie chain is outfitting all of its 807 locations with Blendtec blenders, the result of a years-long process of collaboration and development. Beginning in March 2016 Jamba Juice will begin to roll out new Blendtec Stealth blenders to all of its locations across the nation. Tom Dickson, founder and CEO […]

Jamba Juice Targets the East Coast for 2016 Multiunit Expansion

Jamba Juice Inc., a leading health and wellness brand, announced the launch of the 2016 multiunit development packages in existing and new markets in the East and southeast Florida. Jamba will be conducting a multi-city, Whirl’d Across America Roadshow, for potential partners to learn about the healthy living brand and business opportunities, providing informational sessions […]

GE Capital’s Franchise Finance Supports 77 Jamba Units

GE Capital’s Franchise Finance business announced today that it has loaned $11 million to Vitaligent, LLC for the acquisition of 77 Jamba Juice units, making it the largest franchisee in the system. Vitaligent is a new company formed by David Peacock, former president of Anheuser-Busch, and Dean VandeKamp, a general partner at Cultivation Capital in […]

Bruegger’s and Jamba Begin Cobranding

A bagel and a smoothie might not seem like a natural pairing, but Bruegger’s Bagels and Jamba Juice are looking to build a relationship that benefits both brands. “We had done some cobranding with Caribou in the past [and] what we learned was that the power of two really good brands can make an impact […]

Jamba Refranchises 100 California Stores

Jamba Inc. has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Vitaligent LLC to refranchise 100 company-owned restaurants in the San Francisco, San Diego, and Sacramento, California markets. Vitaligent is led by David A. Peacock, former president of InBev subsidiary, Anheuser-Busch, and existing Jamba franchise partner in St. Louis, who, upon closing of the transaction, would […]