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title: "The Houston Chronicle: Smoothie King plans to open 15 new Houston stores"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d024397f-4c9a-4412-b00d-6b4300bac860
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-houston-chronicle-smoothie-king-plans-to-open-15-new-houston-stores-5396
category: "Beverage & juice"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Beverage & juice"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2016-08-02T22:17:15.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:18:39.987Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/4d7fb7619467caaa7750f7df49e89f057781160802174415.jpeg
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# The Houston Chronicle: Smoothie King plans to open 15 new Houston stores

**TL;DR:** Smoothie King plans to open 15 new stores in the Houston area, which is already home to half of the roughly 130 Texas locations. The brand continues to expand at a rapid rate in the area, citing it as one of its better markets.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-08-02. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-houston-chronicle-smoothie-king-plans-to-open-15-new-houston-stores-5396).*

## Story

Smoothie King continues to expand at a rapid rate in the Houston area, despite the market already being the largest for Smoothie King. Smoothie King plans to add 15 more stores to the area, which is already home to half of the roughly 130 Texas locations.

"It is one of our better markets," said Steve Shields, franchise development manager for Smoothie King. "We have some great franchisees here."

Though real estate is a hot commodity in the Houston area, the stores' small footprints allows for flexibility when searching for new locations.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise development (topic)
- houston (location)
- market growth (topic)
- Smoothie King (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-houston-chronicle-smoothie-king-plans-to-open-15-new-houston-stores-5396). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d024397f-4c9a-4412-b00d-6b4300bac860).