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title: "Restaurant Hospitality: Smoothie King is Poised to Meet the Growing Demand for Customization"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/fa63fb17-cef5-4954-8f06-6baf2fab7e8f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/restaurant-hospitality-smoothie-king-is-poised-to-meet-the-growing-demand-for-customization-5568
category: "Beverage & juice"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Beverage & juice"
published: 2016-08-19T22:17:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:45.669Z
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# Restaurant Hospitality: Smoothie King is Poised to Meet the Growing Demand for Customization

**TL;DR:** Smoothie King offers customization options for its beverages, with endless combinations and healthy alternatives. The company's repeat customers are more likely to customize their drinks than first-time customers.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-08-19. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/restaurant-hospitality-smoothie-king-is-poised-to-meet-the-growing-demand-for-customization-5568).*

## Story

The demand of customization through consumers building-their-own pizzas, burritos and burgers, has overflowed to the beverage menu.

Smoothie King offers about 40 different beverages, but when consumers begin customizing drinks, the combinations are endless, says Katherine LeBlanc, director of brand marketing for the New Orleans-based juice bar.

The smoothie company is able to make any drink a “skinny” by excluding the sugar and choosing healthy alternatives such as almond milk in place of non-fat. The brand also offers a plethora of dietary supplements to match every consumer's health goal such as energy and multivitamins.

At Smoothie King, repeat customers are more likely to customize their drinks than those trying the smoothies for the first time, LeBlanc says.

“Our frequent guests typically customize their orders and they are excited to talk about what customization they’ve done to their friends and other customers,” she says.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Smoothie King (company)
- customization (topic)
- beverage menu (topic)
- healthy alternatives (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/restaurant-hospitality-smoothie-king-is-poised-to-meet-the-growing-demand-for-customization-5568). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/fa63fb17-cef5-4954-8f06-6baf2fab7e8f).