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title: "The Edmond Sun: Smoothie King Franchisee Opening First Location in Edmond, Oklahoma"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5d37b7b7-3922-4139-92ce-b2c478dbb8c2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-edmond-sun-smoothie-king-franchisee-opening-first-location-in-edmond-oklahoma-3394
category: "Beverage & juice"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Beverage & juice"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2016-01-21T17:12:45.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:04:30.017Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/4215318503312ede2e21a79207fa1446159160121120745.jpeg
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# The Edmond Sun: Smoothie King Franchisee Opening First Location in Edmond, Oklahoma

**TL;DR:** A Smoothie King franchisee is opening the first location in Edmond, Oklahoma. The store manager, Justin Kruger, has returned to the smoothie business after trying other things.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-01-21. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-edmond-sun-smoothie-king-franchisee-opening-first-location-in-edmond-oklahoma-3394).*

## Story

Store manager Justin Kruger's parents are the Edmond, Oklahoma Smoothie King owners, but Justin has been in the smoothie business his whole life.

“I have come full circle,” Kruger said. “I started out as a young boy helping my parents, and after trying a couple of other things, I am back in the smoothie business.”

Justin is hoping he can motivate his community to try the Change a Meal Challenge at Smoothie King to fulfill their weight-loss goals and get fit in 2016.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchisee (topic)
- location opening (topic)
- Smoothie King (company)
- Edmond, Oklahoma (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-edmond-sun-smoothie-king-franchisee-opening-first-location-in-edmond-oklahoma-3394). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5d37b7b7-3922-4139-92ce-b2c478dbb8c2).