Most of us can remember being told to eat our vegetables when we were younger. Co-founder Kat Eckles certainly does! Her parents urged her to eat them every day, yet, like most kids, she wasn’t a big fan (of the vegetables, not her mom and dad!) That proved to be a phase, as she grew up to not only eat and love them but also grow them at home.

Today, she knows all too well how integral they are to a well-balanced diet, so when she started her own family, the tables turned and she was now the one telling her kids to eat their vegetables. Yet she realized there was an easier way to enjoy the benefits of vegetables – juicing! With the right blend of vegetables and a little bit of banana for sweetness, gone were the days of pushing her children to eat their veggies, because her family was loving the fresh juices and smoothies she was making.

Kat’s entrepreneurial-minded husband, Landon, loved them, too, and quickly realized the potential to bring clean and organic juices to communities throughout the country. They opened their first juice bar franchise location in Huntersville, NC, in June 2015, and today they have 70+ locations throughout 20 states – and they are rapidly expanding!