Jamba Juice Makes St. Louis Debut at National Robotics Championship
Jamba Juice Company, a leading healthy, active lifestyle brand announced
today that it will provide consumers in St. Louis with their first taste
of Jamba smoothies during this week’s National Robotics Championship.
Attendees of the event will be among the first in the state to drink
Jamba’s All Fruit™ smoothies, which the company will be bringing to the
St. Louis market with the opening of several stores over the next year.
Several hundred thousand students from across the nation will attend the
Robotics Championship. Jamba smoothies and other products are highly
popular in other markets across the U.S.
Jamba recently announced its intention to make Jamba products available
in St. Louis through a franchise development agreement with ShowMe
Smoothie, LLC, an investor group led by David A. Peacock, former
President of Anheuser-Busch InBev subsidiary; Sportscaster Joe Buck and
St. Louis University's Billiken Hall of Fame member Scott Highmark are
also among the investors involved in the venture. The group plans to
open 15 stores in Missouri and Kansas over the next nine years.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to sample some of Jamba’s great
products in advance of our formal launch in the St. Louis market,” said
Mr. Peacock. “For many consumers in the company’s existing markets,
Jamba is part of their daily routine and I expect we will see similar
results here. I am thrilled that we can give a sneak preview to the
people in St. Louis at the Robotics Championship.”
Last week, Mr. Peacock and Jamba chairman, president and CEO, James D.
White, a native of St. Louis, spent several days in the St. Louis market
visiting local business and community leaders, community organizations
and potential Jamba store site locations, in preparation for the
company’s upcoming launch. Jamba has a strong history of working within
the community to support healthy, active living through such activities
as its school lunch programs, local fundraising, supporting local
sports, awarding garden grants among other similar initiatives.
About Jamba Juice Company
Founded in 1990, Jamba Juice Company (NASDAQ: JMBA) is a leading
restaurant retailer of better-for-you, specialty beverage and food
offerings, which include great tasting, whole fruit smoothies, fresh
squeezed juices and juice blends, hot coffee and teas, hot oatmeal,
breakfast wraps, sandwiches and mini-wraps, California Flatbreads™,
frozen yogurt, and a variety of baked goods and snacks. Jamba-branded
products for at-home enjoyment are also available through select
retailers across the nation and in Jamba outlets. As of January 1, 2013,
there were 809 Jamba Juice store locations globally. Jamba is a proud
sponsor of “Team Up for a Healthy America” in the fight against
childhood obesity and encourages fans to join the Team Up community of
celebrities, athletes and other leaders committed to getting kids active
and involved at www.myhealthpledge.com.
Fans of Jamba Juice can find out more about Jamba Juice's locations as
well as specific offerings and promotions by visiting the Jamba Juice
website at www.JambaJuice.com
or by contacting Jamba’s Guest Services team at 1-866-4R-FRUIT
(473-7848).
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