Saladworks has announced an agreement with a multi-unit developer to open three locations in the Orange County, Calif. market, bringing up the total store count to 14 in the area. The first store of this new agreement is slated to open in at the end of 2011.
In 2010, Saladworks signed two separate deals for a total of 11 stores in Orange County. The first location from this agreement is set to open in Costa Mesa, Calif., April 1.
The four-unit agreement was signed by franchisee Karen Weber.
“I was looking into a lot of different concepts at the time, but I couldn’t get behind them,” Weber said. “I couldn’t get involved with a franchise that didn’t provide healthy food to its customers. To me, Saladworks was the perfect fit.”
Weber is one of many franchisees outside of the concept’s core market that have signed on to be a part of Saladworks’ recent turbo-charged growth. Other openings in brand new markets include Knoxville, Tenn., and Durham, N.C., with openings in California, Texas and Maryland on the way.
“This agreement practically sells out Orange County, and is just the beginning of Saladworks’ west coast expansion,” said founder/CEO, John Scardapane. “Our Orange County franchisees, like Karen Weber, are seeing this development to fruition, and are truly an integral part of our growth.”
