Business Services Industry
Smoothie industry picks up pace in Colorado, especially in Denver.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2004
By Leia Baez, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 19--Denver's health-conscious reputation is leading to a proliferation of stores selling fruit-laden smoothie drinks.
Planet Smoothie LLC, an Atlanta-based smoothie franchise company, recently announced plans to open at least 22 stores in Colorado by 2008.
San Francisco-based Jamba Juice Co., one of the largest smoothie companies in the United States, is expected to triple its size in Colorado in the next three years.
And Robeks Fruit Smoothies & Healthy Eats, a Southern California company, opened in Denver in May and plans to open at least 20 more stores -- four or five a year -- along the Front Range.
All are competing for Colorado's slice of what...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
