{"id":3522,"date":"2026-05-01T14:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/05\/01\/smoothie-king-capitalizes-on-wellness-trends-with-expansion-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:17:22","slug":"smoothie-king-capitalizes-on-wellness-trends-with-expansion-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/05\/01\/smoothie-king-capitalizes-on-wellness-trends-with-expansion-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoothie King Capitalizes on Wellness Trends with Expansion Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smoothie King is experiencing significant growth driven by current wellness trends, including increased focus on protein, fiber, and clean ingredients. The company plans to expand with new store designs and food options, capitalizing on a market where consumers are prioritizing health even amidst economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p>System-wide sales have increased 64% over the last five years, and franchisees have committed to opening over 200 new locations.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/09\/restaurants-starbucks-smoothie-king-first-watch-protein.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE FROM CNBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoothie King is experiencing significant growth driven by current wellness trends, including increased focus on protein, fiber, and clean ingredients. The company plans to expand with new store designs and food options, capitalizing on a market where consumers are prioritizing health even amidst economic challenges. System-wide sales have increased 64% over the last five years, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/09\/restaurants-starbucks-smoothie-king-first-watch-protein.html","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29,31,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-global-affairs","category-technology","category-travel","rifnote_executive-gavin-felder","rifnote_executive-wan-kim"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/09\/restaurants-starbucks-smoothie-king-first-watch-protein.html","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}