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title: "The Des Moines Register: Smoothie King Opening First Location in Des Moines, Iowa"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/97554674-ca7b-4c04-a6f2-0d96482764aa
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-des-moines-register-smoothie-king-opening-first-location-in-des-moines-iowa-4451
category: "Beverage & juice"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Beverage & juice"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2016-04-29T16:11:10.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:15:24.847Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7d6c840df8317a5f4a079abb83e2f3332143160429112610.jpeg
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# The Des Moines Register: Smoothie King Opening First Location in Des Moines, Iowa

**TL;DR:** Smoothie King is opening its first location in Des Moines, Iowa, with plans to open five stores in the area over the next five years. The first store will be located in the old Caribou Coffee space at 5545 Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-04-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-des-moines-register-smoothie-king-opening-first-location-in-des-moines-iowa-4451).*

## Story

The royalty of quick-serve smoothie shops plans to open five stores in the Des Moines metro in the next five years.

A group of five business partners own the franchise rights to the Des Moines area and will open four additional locations in the next few years, said Jackie Floyd, one of the partners. Floyd is based in Missouri.

The first Smoothie King will be located in the old Caribou Coffee space at 5545 Mills Civic Parkway, Suite 105, in the West Glen Town Center in West Des Moines. The store is expected to open Aug. 10.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- location expansion (topic)
- Smoothie King (company)
- store opening (topic)
- Caribou Coffee (company)
- des moines (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-des-moines-register-smoothie-king-opening-first-location-in-des-moines-iowa-4451). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/97554674-ca7b-4c04-a6f2-0d96482764aa).