Franchise smoothie bar operator with 1,000+ locations across 34 states
Smoothie King operates a large franchise network across the US and select international markets, with hiring heavily weighted toward store operations (ops and shift-lead roles dominating the 798 active positions). The tech stack—POS, Braze, Power BI, Tableau, Azure, and Adobe creative tools—reflects a franchise business managing point-of-sale, customer marketing automation, and training content at scale, with projects centered on local marketing execution and community partnerships rather than product innovation.
Notable leadership hires: Shift Lead
Smoothie King is a Dallas-based franchise operator of smoothie bars and nutritional lifestyle centers. Founded in 1973, the company franchised the first smoothie bar concept in the US in 1989 and now operates more than 1,000 stores across 34 US states, the Caymans, Trinidad, and South Korea. The business is structured around franchise support and store operations, with hiring concentrated in operational and shift-lead roles to manage day-to-day store performance, inventory, and guest experience. Pain points center on operational execution—inventory management, cash handling, food safety compliance, and store profitability.
Core systems include a point-of-sale platform, Braze for customer marketing, Power BI and Tableau for analytics, Azure cloud infrastructure, and Adobe Creative Suite for marketing assets and training content (Articulate 360, Captivate, InDesign).
More than 1,000 stores across 34 US states, the Caymans, Trinidad, and South Korea as of the most recent data.
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