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Smoothie King
Smoothie King is a smoothie food retailer that caters blended fruit-based drinks. First opening in 1973 as a stand-alone vitamin shop in Kenner, Louisiana, Smoothie King now encompasses over 600 locations.
==History==
Working as a soda jerker in his teenage years, Steve Kuhnau, founder of Smoothie King, found himself unable to digest the malts, shakes, and floats he was preparing due to a lactose intolerance. Consequently, he formulated a smoothie in his kitchen as an alternative to other ice cream-based drinks of the era. Shortly after his first store opened in Kenner, Louisiana, in 1973, other stores opened in the New Orleans metropolitan area, and subsequently in Washington, D.C. and 32 other states. Kuhnau began to franchise the Smoothie King name and business in 1989.〔(Hoovers company factsheet )〕 Smoothie King's 30-year anniversary, in 2003, was commemorated with their first international franchise, in South Korea.〔(Hoovers company factsheet )〕
In July 2012, Steve and Cindy Kuhnau sold the company to Wan Kim and Standard Chartered bank. Kim borrowed $58 million from Standard Chartered.〔Carol Tice, ("Flush With Cash, a Chain's New CEO Plots Smoothie Domination" ), ''Forbes'', November 5, 2012.〕 In November, the company announced that it would move its headquarters from Covington, Louisiana, to Metairie, in Jefferson Parish, near the company's first store in Kenner. The company cited a $2.4 million promised incentive from the Louisiana Department of Economic Development for its decision to stay in the state.〔Drew Broach, ("Smoothie King takes $2.4 million state sweetener to move to Metairie" ), ''Times-Picayune'', November 20, 2012.〕
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