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title: "Food & Wine: This Drive-Thru Salad Bar Promises Fast Food That’s Actually Healthy"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/4313c9fd-b8a5-427b-8f15-bccb400afb86
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/food-wine-this-drive-thru-salad-bar-promises-fast-food-thats-actually-healthy-5942
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
topics: ["Operations"]
published: 2016-09-26T14:09:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:13:10.237Z
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# Food & Wine: This Drive-Thru Salad Bar Promises Fast Food That’s Actually Healthy

**TL;DR:** Salad and Go, a drive-thru salad bar, offers healthy options for $6 per bowl and plans to expand into more states within 18 to 24 months. Founder Roushan Christofellis was inspired to provide healthier options at a low cost after seeing her parents struggle with age-related health issues.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-09-26. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/food-wine-this-drive-thru-salad-bar-promises-fast-food-thats-actually-healthy-5942).*

## Story

While fast-casual chains are starting to provide healthier options, for those who are constantly on the road, there are still very limited options. According to a recent *Food & Wine* magazine article, Salad and Go, an Arizona-based restaurant, serves you a salad straight from the drive-thru window for $6 per bowl.

Founder Roushan Christofellis is a former elementary school teacher who was inspired to provide healthier options to the masses at a low cost, but also in a convenient way. As her and her husband saw her parents struggle with age-related health issues, they knew they had to take a closer look at what they were eating and the ingredients in their food.

After changing their own diet and setting out to create the healthy fast food salad chain, they knew anything more than $6 for a salad would not be successful. They streamlined their operations, including having a tiny 656-square-foot building, to lower maintenance costs and keep their menu prices low.

Christofellis and her husband have high hopes for the brand. The restaurant plans to expand into more states within 18 to 24 months, along with becoming a standard for consumers on the road and a model for future fast-food chains.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Arizona (location)
- expansion plans (topic)
- drive thru (topic)
- Salad and Go (company)
- healthy fast food (topic)
- low-cost options (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/food-wine-this-drive-thru-salad-bar-promises-fast-food-thats-actually-healthy-5942). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/4313c9fd-b8a5-427b-8f15-bccb400afb86).