Ryan Slemons

Sweetgreen opens six restaurants in 60 days, expanding to new cities.

sweetgreen, the mission-driven restaurant brand serving healthy food at scale, will open its first Utah restaurant on September 8 at 2188 Highland Drive, Suite #103, in Salt Lake City’s Sugar House neighborhood.

Following a challenging second quarter, Sweetgreen leadership is focusing on core store execution and transaction-led growth to improve profit margins and restaurant traffic.

The brand launched wraps to supplement its core bowl and salad business, following its worst quarterly same-store sales performance.

Urban Air Adventure Park expands to Philadelphia with 30,000-square-foot location.

Urban Air Adventure Park expands to Wappingers Falls, NY with 36,000 sqft park.

Urban Air Adventure Park opens in Mesa, AZ with 70 jobs.

Ryan Slemons leads franchise development at Unleashed Brands, a portfolio of Urban Air, The Little Gym, and Premier Martial Arts, with over a decade of leadership experience in retail real estate and store development.

Urban Air Adventure Park signs leases for new locations nationwide

This unprecedented growth resulted in serving over 25 million+ children visits, cementing Unleashed Brands’ leadership in the youth enrichment industry.

Unleashed Brands, the world’s first youth enrichment franchise platform, has hired three retail industry experts to serve in new leadership roles on the development team.

Unleashed Brands expands its leadership team with a new role of Chief Development Officer, aimed at supporting franchisees with real estate and unit openings.