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title: "Sun Herald: Young Smoothie King Franchisee Finds Success in the Gulf Coast"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/05c29a20-29ab-46c1-ab4f-d99e9cd037b7
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/sun-herald-young-smoothie-king-franchisee-finds-success-in-the-gulf-coast-9925
category: "Beverage & juice"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Beverage & juice"
published: 2017-02-03T20:15:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:12.711Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/26a10dfd6601e2fed79c5cba91e504d3998.jpg
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# Sun Herald: Young Smoothie King Franchisee Finds Success in the Gulf Coast

**TL;DR:** Smoothie King franchisee Clay Koenig is opening his seventh location with partner Travis Bolster, leveraging their corporate experience to drive growth. Koenig and Bolster have plans for new stores in Laurel and Tallahassee.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-02-03. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/sun-herald-young-smoothie-king-franchisee-finds-success-in-the-gulf-coast-9925).*

## Story

This month Clay Koenig will open his seventh Smoothie King location. After a career for the Smoothie King corporate offer, Koenig decided to become a franchisee and jumped into business ownership.

For his business partner, Travis Bolster, the Gulfport location will be his 12th location.

The company wanted him to continue with corporate development, said Stephen Foley, franchise development manager for Smoothie King.

“He wanted to build stores and build brand,” Foley said.

Four years ago Koenig and Bolster formed a company and opened their first store together in Mobile, Alabama. Soon after, they opened locations in D’Iberville, Mississippi; Tallahassee, Florida; Biloxi, Mississippi; another in Mobile, Alabama; and then Slidell, Louisiana.

Once the Gulfport location opens, the business duo have plans for a new store in Laurel this spring and another in Tallahassee.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Smoothie King (company)
- franchisee growth (topic)
- corporate experience (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/sun-herald-young-smoothie-king-franchisee-finds-success-in-the-gulf-coast-9925). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/05c29a20-29ab-46c1-ab4f-d99e9cd037b7).