Industry Food Service Headquarters Edmonton, Canada CEO Dale Wishewan (1999–) | Website www.boosterjuice.com Founder Dale Wishewan Type Privately held company | |
Founders Dale Wishewan
Jonathan Amack Key people Dale Wishewan, President & CEO, Jon Amack, Products Fresh Juice & Smoothies Founded 1999, Sherwood Park, Canada Profiles | ||
Booster Juice Ltd is Canada's largest chain of fresh juice and smoothie bars. The chain specializes in smoothies composed of a pure juice, fruit sorbet or vanilla frozen yogurt, frozen fruit, fresh yogurt and ice. Founded in 1999 in Sherwood Park, Alberta, the company has grown to have 285 traditional and 20 non-traditional locations in Canada, 1 in India, 2 in the United States and 3 in Mexico. Further global expansion is planned, despite established competitors Jamba Juice and Smoothie King in the US.
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Booster Juice utilizes the franchise business model, with the head office owning fewer than 1% as corporate stores at any one time.
The smoothies offered by Booster Juice come with a choice of "boosters", or nutritional additives such as protein, echinacea, fibre, and other products such as ginseng or rosehip.
Some drinks offered by Booster Juice contain less common food products, including Matcha, Açaí fruit, a Brazilian fruit produced by the Acai Palm, and Wheatgrass.
Booster juice taste test
History
Dale Wishewan and Jonathan Amack founded Booster Juice in 1999 when they realized the market for juice bars in Canada. Prior to opening the first Booster Juice, Wishewan tested the idea at his home by offering smoothies to family and neighbours. Shortly afterwards, the first Booster Juice location opened in November 1999 in Sherwood Park, a suburb of Edmonton.
Booster Juice expanded rapidly to include different parts of the country, with the bulk of its stores located in Western Canada. Encouraged by this success, Wishewan and Amack have entered international markets in Europe and the Middle East.
Today, Dale Wishewan is the president and CEO of Booster Juice in Canada, while Jonathan Amack holds the same responsibility for the company in the United States.
Menu
Booster Juice classifies the smoothies into eight categories, including high protein smoothies, superfood smoothies, and tropical smoothies among others.
The company also offers juices, different food servings like paninis, wraps and shakers such as wheatgrass.
Awards
Internally, the company's CEO in Canada Dale Wishewan received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2005. That same year, the company also received several awards for franchise marketing.