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title: "Smoothie King Expands National Footprint with First-Ever Stores in Utah and Minnesota, Plus DFW Airport Growth"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/4060e4cb-4515-4a13-9d51-dbdae19d0404
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20251008_smoothie_king_expands_national_footprint_with_firstever_stores_in_utah_and_.html
category: "Beverage & juice"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Beverage & juice"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2025-10-08T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T17:19:18.841Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/brands/social/smoothieking.jpg
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# Smoothie King Expands National Footprint with First-Ever Stores in Utah and Minnesota, Plus DFW Airport Growth

**TL;DR:** Smoothie King has expanded its national footprint with its first-ever stores in Utah and Minnesota, and has also grown its presence at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The brand continues to execute on its strategic growth plan, expanding its footprint and reaching new guests across the U.S.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2025-10-08. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20251008_smoothie_king_expands_national_footprint_with_firstever_stores_in_utah_and_.html).*

## Story

The brand has officially opened its first-ever Utah location in Washington and its first-ever Minnesota location in Woodbury, marking Smoothie King’s entry into both states. Together, these openings bring delicious and nutritious, protein-packed smoothies to new communities while furthering the brand’s mission to inspire healthy lifestyles nationwide.

At the same time, Smoothie King is strengthening its presence at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) with two new locations in Terminal A and Terminal D, joining its existing Terminal A store. At DFW, the brand ranks #1 in the Snack Category, underscoring its ability to meet growing consumer demand for nutritious, on-the-go options while traveling.

With additional development opportunities across Utah, Minnesota, and beyond, Smoothie King continues to execute on its strategic growth plan, expanding its footprint and reaching new guests across the U.S.

Smoothie King, the original U.S. smoothie franchise—founded in 1973—is a Dallas-based company with over 1,200 stores nationwide.

The brand is committed to its mission to inspire a healthy and active lifestyle through its Clean Blends initiative, which focuses on providing great-tasting smoothies with more whole fruits and vegetables while removing artificial flavors, colors and preservatives and added sugars in many of its blends. In April 2023, Smoothie King launched Smoothie Bowls, topped with whole fresh fruit and premium Purely Elizabeth™ granola, made with wholesome ingredients, non-GMO fruits and packed with flavor and nutrients. Smoothie King also offers retail products that include sports beverages, energy bars, vitamins, supplements and more.

Repeatedly recognized as a top franchise opportunity, Smoothie King was recently ranked #19 in Entrepreneur's 2025 Franchise 500, #11 in Entrepreneur's 2025 Top Brands for Multi-Unit Owners and #90 in Fast Casual's Top 100 Movers & Shakers. The brand was also featured in the top 100 of Technomic's annual America's Favorite Chains data, which resulted in ranking #8 in Nation's Restaurant News' "America's Favorite Chains" list earlier this year.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- QSR (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- franchise opportunity (topic)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- brand growth (topic)
- Smoothie King (company)
- Utah (location)
- Technomic (company)
- Minnesota (location)
- healthy lifestyle (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20251008_smoothie_king_expands_national_footprint_with_firstever_stores_in_utah_and_.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/4060e4cb-4515-4a13-9d51-dbdae19d0404).