Smoothie chain continues area expansion, opening new spot in East Greenbush

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) — Smoothie King, a national smoothie company with over 1,350 locations, is continuing its expansion into the Capital Region. The chain is set to open a new location in the Shoppes At Greenbush Commons at 307 Troy Road in East Greenbush.

Smoothie King opened its first Albany-area location in Clifton Park in October 2022. The franchisee that owns that location also owns Smoothie King shops in Kingston, Poughkeepsie, and Newburgh.

In January 2023, Shawn Caric, the Vice President of Franchise Development for Smoothie King, told NEWS10 that the chain was planning to open 10 more Capital Region shops by a different local franchisee. That local franchisee currently has locations in Wilton, Queensbury, and Albany.

“Still planning on rolling out as many as we can over the next few years,” said a spokesperson for that franchisee. “We are hoping to have another one open by the end of the summer in the Albany area.”

The franchisee is still working on finding other spaces to open more Smoothie King shops in the Capital Region. The spokesperson said they don’t have any other definitive locations to announce at this point.

Smoothie King serves fresh-blended smoothies and healthy retail products such as sports drinks, energy bars, snacks, vitamin supplements, herbs, minerals, and other sports nutrition products. The company opened its first store in 1973 and started as the first franchised smoothie bar in the United States in 1989.

The company’s smoothies come in different categories: Feel Energized Blends, Get Fit Blends, manage Weight Blends, Be Well Blends, Enjoy a Treat Blends, and Kids Blends. You can check out the full menu on the Smoothie King website .

The Wilton location at 3057 Route 50 opened at the end of January 2023. The Queensbury location at 756 Upper Glen Street opened at the end of May 2023 and the Albany shop at 1210 Western Avenue opened at the end of August 2023.

Before the East Greenbush location opens, the franchisee is waiting on equipment, the hiring and training of employees, and inspections. They are hoping to open that spot around late April or early May.

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