How Juice It Up leads the modern beverage boom

About this episode

The episode discusses Juice It Up's role in the modern beverage boom and features an interview with its CEO, Susan Taylor.

Beverages have become big business as boba, dirty sodas, coffee and kombucha take center stage on the franchising market. Juice It Up, which has been selling cold and raw-pressed juices, smoothies, açaí bowls. toasts and bagels for more than 30 years, has been an industry leader. In this episode of the Restaurant Operator Podcast, host Mandy Detwiler, editor of QSRweb and Pizza Marketplace, talks to Susan Taylor, president and CEO of Juice It Up, based in Southern California, about how the br...

People in this episode

Host: Mandy Detwiler

Guest: Susan Taylor

Topics covered

• beverages
• franchising
• business growth
• industry leadership
• juice market

Keywords

• Juice It Up
• beverages
• franchising
• smoothies
• cold-pressed juices
• industry leader
• Susan Taylor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Juice It Up

Places: Southern California

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