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title: "Focus Brands to Acquire Jamba Juice for $200 Million"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/69a6de8b-0f83-473a-b23d-b2f85ddf35a5
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/focus-brands-to-acquire-jamba-juice-for-200-million-2707371
category: "Beverage & juice"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Beverage & juice"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2018-08-02T18:13:11.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:33:13.768Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/3709b3d58c28378fb10da5f9203d7b4a3858.jpg
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# Focus Brands to Acquire Jamba Juice for $200 Million

**TL;DR:** Focus Brands Inc. will acquire Jamba Juice for $200 million, adding to its portfolio of fast-casual brands. The acquisition includes Jamba Juice's more than 800 locations worldwide.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-02. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/focus-brands-to-acquire-jamba-juice-for-200-million-2707371).*

## Story

Focus Brands Inc., which owns franchises such as Auntie Anne’s, Schlotzsky’s and Cinnabon, announced on Thursday that it will acquire Jamba Juice in a $200 million deal.

"Benefiting from an extremely loyal customer base and strong franchise operators, Jamba Juice is one of the category leaders in the fast growing smoothie and juice category,” Focus Brands CEO Steve DeSutter said in the press release. “We are excited to welcome Jamba Juice with such an iconic heritage into our family of well-known and highly loved ’fan favorite’ brands.”

Jamba Juice has more than 800 locations, and Focus Brands is the franchisor and operator of more than 5,000 eateries. Both companies operate locations worldwide.

“We are delighted to have reached this agreement with Focus Brands and are confident that it will result in a positive outcome for our guests, our franchisees and our employees,” Jamba, Inc. CEO Dave Pace said in the press release announcing the merger. “Over the last few years, we have worked hard to strengthen our foundation and reposition this iconic brand for the future. Partnering with Focus Brands will allow us to build on this work and further accelerate the Company’s growth.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- fast casual (topic)
- Cinnabon (company)
- Auntie Anne's (company)
- brand acquisition (topic)
- FOCUS Brands (company)
- Schlotzsky's (company)
- Jamba Juice (company)
- Dave Pace (person)
- FOCUS Brands acquisition of Jamba Juice (deal)
- smoothie and juice category (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/focus-brands-to-acquire-jamba-juice-for-200-million-2707371). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/69a6de8b-0f83-473a-b23d-b2f85ddf35a5).