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title: "Just Salad's new partnership is a slam dunk"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/65c6ad2b-990f-42c8-ab35-d4be49696de1
source: "Restaurant Business"
original_url: https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/just-salads-new-partnership-slam-dunk
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
published: 2026-07-02T18:22:05.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T14:57:57.276Z
image: https://cdn.informaconnect.com/platform/files/public/2026-07/background/TWIR%207-2-26.png?VersionId=lQLyb3m64crjfHI9rf4vLBGz4CeUCGbY
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# Just Salad's new partnership is a slam dunk

**TL;DR:** Just Salad has partnered with Jalen Brunson, a member of the NBA champion New York Knicks. The partnership is discussed in the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants.

*originally published in Restaurant Business on 2026-07-02. [Read the original](https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/just-salads-new-partnership-slam-dunk).*

## Story

Just Salad’s newest investor is a champion.

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants looks at the salad chain’s partnership with Jalen Brunson, a member of the NBA champion New York Knicks.

We also discuss Red Lobster’s all-you-can-eat shrimp debacle, which is back in the news.

And we talk about our analysis of restaurant sales over the past five years and what that says about the overall state of the industry.

All that plus Tech Check from Senior Tech Editor Joe Guszkowski.

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Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants.

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## Entities

- QSR (sector)
- Restaurant Business (publication)
- qsr industry (topic)
- restaurant sales (topic)
- Jonathan Maze (person)
- Joe Guszkowski (person)
- Red Lobster (company)
- Just Salad (company)
- New York Knicks (company)
- nba partnership (topic)
- Jalen Brunson (person)
- investor partnership (topic)

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Originally reported by Restaurant Business (https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/just-salads-new-partnership-slam-dunk). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/65c6ad2b-990f-42c8-ab35-d4be49696de1).