The fast-casual healthy food chain Just Salad sets its sights on new Orlando location

Just Salad is expanding its presence in Central Florida, with a new location planned on Colonial Drive.

Just Salad opened in New York City in 2006 to meet the demand for those in Midtown wanting fast, healthy, and sustainable offerings. Since then, Just Salad has successfully expanded its menu to include salads, wraps, warm bowls, soups and smoothies, all prepared with homemade dressings, prepped-daily produce, from-scratch recipes and fresh, flavorful ingredients. Proteins are marinated overnight and cooked fresh in the restaurant throughout the entire day.

Just Salad operates nearly 100 locations across urban and residential markets in New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Florida.

Locally, the chain has three locations, Waterford Lakes Town Center, Winter Garage Village, and Winter Park, with plans to open a fourth location at 3162 E Colonial Drive, which was until recently home to SmashBurger.

No details are known when the location will open, but be sure we will let you know!

Back in February the fast-casual restaurant chain announced it has raised $200M in capital from an investor group led by Wellington Management, alongside D1 Capital Partners, Neuberger Berman, and Stripes. The capital raise values the company at approximately $1 billion, with proceeds of the transaction being used to support the expansion, togther with investing in the chains menu offerings.

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Just Salad is a fast-casual restaurant chain with a mission to "make everyday health and sustainability possible." The brand serves craveable, accessible, plant-centric meals made with homemade dressings, prepped-daily produce, from-scratch recipes and fresh, flavorful ingredients.

Guests can choose from over 15 chef-designed salads, wraps, warm bowls, soups and smoothies, including classic offerings and rotating seasonal favorites.

Empowering customers to "Eat with Purpose," Just Salad is a Certified B Corporation and home to the world's largest restaurant reusable program, as well as the first U.S. restaurant chain to carbon label its menu and offer a Climatarian menu category.

The company was founded in 2006 and has over 90 locations across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

To learn more, visit Just Salad's website.

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