Name: Jamba Juice

Type of Food: Wraps, sandwiches, smoothies

Interesting Fact: Jamba Juice was  named the #1 Healthy option in the Quick Refreshment category in Zagat’s 2009 Fast Food Survey.

History: Jamba Juice was founded in April 1990 by Cal Poly graduate Kirk Perron, along with cofounders Joe Vergara, Kevin Peters, and Linda Ozawa Olds. In August 1997, Jamba entered into an operating agreement with Whole Foods Market to sell only “natural” products inside some of the Whole Foods’s locations, including Jamba’s smoothies’ ingredients. Jamba Juice focuses on healthy lifestyle food and beverage offerings, these include fruit smoothies, juices, teas, hot oatmeal made with organic, steel cut oats, and baked goods. Jamba Juice has 732 locations consisting of 499 company- owned and operated stores and 233 franchise stores.

Website: www.jambajuice.com

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Type of Food: Sandwiches and Wraps

Interesting Fact:In 1991, Arby’s was the first to introduce a complete Lite Menu featuring three sandwiches and four salads under 300 calories and 94% fat free.

History:Foodservice veterans Leroy and Forrest Raffel opened the first Arby’s Roast Beef Restaurant in Boardman, Ohio on July 23, 1964. The goal was to offer something other than hamburgers in the fast food segment. On the original menu customers enjoyed roast beef sandwiches, potato chips, and Texas-sized iced teas.  To name their new venture, the brothers decided on Arby’s, which stands for R.B., the initials of the Raffel Brothers – although many suspect the R.B. stands for roast beef. Leroy and Forrest never looked back.   The company added an average of 50 restaurants a year in the 1970s while simultaneously creating and perfecting timeless menu favourites: Beef ‘n Cheddar, Jamocha Shakes, Curly Fries and Arby’s signature sauces, Arby’s BBQ sauce and Horsey Sauce®. Arby’s continued expanding both locations and menu items during the next decade, opening restaurant number 1,000 and introducing chicken to the menu in 1981. By 2005, there were 3500 locations in the United States.

Website: www.arbys.com

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