Chris Wolfgang
Back in September, we reported that Salad and Go closed 18 Dallas-area locations as part of a larger shuttering of 41 stores across Texas and Oklahoma. The not-for-long Coppell-based chain said that the slimdown was to strengthen the brand and improve quality.
Today, the Dallas Business Journal reported that Salad and Go is packing up its North Texas headquarters and closing all remaining Texas and Oklahoma restaurants. The chain will relocate its HQ back to Arizona.
Which is a huge bummer this time of the year, when we’re all looking for big fresh bowls of salad to make us forget the past two months of gluttony.
According to USR Magazine, CEO Mike Tattersfield wants to slow expansion, focusing on stores in Arizona and Nevada and will grow again when the time is right.
“By consolidating our operations at our Phoenix area headquarters,” Tattersfield said in a statement, “we can focus on what matters most: food quality, menu innovation, guest experience and building for long-term growth.
The company was founded in 2013 and became popular for fast and very affordable salad. With protein. And good dressing. Honestly, it felt like a steal. Maybe it was, turns out. Salad and Go had doubled its size over the past two years, including a central kitchen in Garland that could have supported up to 500 locations within a 12-hour drive.
