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title: "Fast Casual: Tropical Smoothie Cafe signs multi-unit deal for Florida expansion"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/4d57ad83-b4a8-4ecc-9c22-56de18ff913c
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-tropical-smoothie-cafe-signs-multi-unit-deal-for-florida-expansion-2705062
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2017-12-20T13:08:49.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:59:17.275Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/629bcd2154210ef331b1759d541d443b4104.jpg
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# Fast Casual: Tropical Smoothie Cafe signs multi-unit deal for Florida expansion

**TL;DR:** Tropical Smoothie Cafe has signed a multi-unit deal with existing franchisee Emily Harrington to expand its presence in Florida with eight new locations. Harrington, who previously owned nearly fifty Hardee's locations, now owns a total of thirteen Tropical Smoothie Cafe units in the state.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-12-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-tropical-smoothie-cafe-signs-multi-unit-deal-for-florida-expansion-2705062).*

## Story

Tropical Smoothie has plans to open an additional eight locations in Florida. According to a recent article in Fast Casual, the deal was signed with existing Tampa franchisee Emily Harrington. Prior to the new deal, she owned an existing four locations and had plans to open a fifth in January. This will expand her ownership to a total of thirteen units.

" It's because of our passionate and committed franchisees like Emily Harrington that Tropical Smoothie Cafe has accelerated development and rapidly grown its footprint nationwide. Since joining the company last year, Emily's industry expertise has been a driving force in our efforts to further expand in the brand's founding state of Florida and we're proud to have her as a partner in our franchisee network," said CEO Mike Rotondo.

Harrington hopes to one day own a total of fifty locations across the state of Florida. She is no stranger to franchising as she previously owned nearly fifty Hardee's locations.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Florida (location)
- franchisee (topic)
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe (company)
- multi-unit deal (topic)
- Hardee's (company)
- Mike Rotondo (person)
- florida expansion (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-tropical-smoothie-cafe-signs-multi-unit-deal-for-florida-expansion-2705062). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/4d57ad83-b4a8-4ecc-9c22-56de18ff913c).