Jamba Juice is a high-end chain of smoothie restaurants headquartered in Emeryville, California with over 640 locations operating in 21 states, the District of Columbia and the Bahamas. Over 400 locations are company-owned, with the remainder being franchised.^[1] For the 12 months ending January 10, 2006, system wide sales were $345 million, which included sales of $230 million from company locations. The company has achieved a compound annual growth rate of 20% per year over the last three fiscal years. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... San Luis Obispo, San Luis, or SLO (Spanish for ) is a city in California. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The city of Emeryville highlighted within Alameda County Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California, in the United States. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... This article is about work. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A business chain, or just chain, is a network of physical business locations, which all provide similar services or products, and share a brand. ... Blueberry Smoothie from Lollicup A smoothie is a blended, chilled, sweet beverage made from fresh fruit and fruit juices which is blended with crushed ice, frozen fruit, or frozen yogurt. ... The city of Emeryville highlighted within Alameda County Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California, in the United States. ... ... Franchising (from the French for honesty or freedom[1]) is a method of doing business wherein a franchisor authorizes proven methods of doing business to a franchisee in exchange for a recurring payment, fees and a percentage of sales or profits. ...

History

A typical Jamba Juice store.

Jamba Juice was founded in April 1990 by Cal Poly graduate Kirk Perron, and incorporated in 1991 as Juice Club, Inc. in San Luis Obispo, California.^[2][3] It is known as one of the leaders in the quick-serve fruit and vegetable juice market nationwide.^[4] Image File history File links Jambajuicestore. ... Image File history File links Jambajuicestore. ... San Luis Obispo, San Luis, or SLO (Spanish for ) is a city in California. ...

In 1993, the company opened two other California stores, one in Palo Alto^[5] and one in Irvine^[6]. Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Clara Government  - Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto[1] Area  - City 25. ... Motto: Innovation. ...

Juice Club Inc. of San Francisco changed its store name to Jamba Juice in 1995.^[7] Said founder Perron^[8]: San Francisco redirects here. ...

In August 1997,^[9] Jamba entered into an operating agreement with Whole Foods Market to sell only "natural" products inside some of the Whole Foods's locations, including Jamba's smoothies' ingredients. For this reason, offerings at Whole Foods sites may differ from those at stand-alone sites.^[10] Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) is an Austin, Texas-based natural foods grocer, which, as of July 5, 2007, consisted of 196[3] locations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ...

Jamba Juice acquired all nation-wide Zuka Juice, Inc. stores in March 1999.^[11] Zuka Juice was founded in Orem, Utah, and also was a prominent smoothie company at the time. Since then Jamba Juice has expanded to become one of the nation's best known smoothie chains, emphasizing the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Orem is an incorporated city in the north-central part of the state of Utah in Utah County. ...

Since entering the market in New York City, June 2004,^[12] Jamba Juice has opened 19 locations across the city and it continues to open more locations. The first location is located at Columbus Circle and 59th Street, in the basement of the Time Warner Center and as part of the Whole Foods Market seating area. Other locations include one just south of Union Square, and one in the Port Authority Bus Terminal. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... View of Columbus Circle, looking east down Central Park South from inside the Time Warner Center. ... Time Warner Center and Columbus Monument. ... Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) is an Austin, Texas-based natural foods grocer, which, as of July 5, 2007, consisted of 196[3] locations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ... Union Square is the name of a neighborhood or other civic center in many cities and towns, including: Union Square in Hong Kong - site of Union Square Phase 7 Union Square in New York City Union Square in San Francisco Union Square in Seattle - site of Two Union Square Union... Port Authority Bus Terminal at Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street The Port Authority Bus Terminal is the main gateway for interstate buses into Manhattan in New York City. ...

On March 13, 2006, Jamba Juice agreed to be acquired by Services Acquisition Corp. International for $265 million. Services Acquisition is headed by Steven Berrard, former CEO of Blockbuster Inc.. Upon closing of the transaction, the publicly traded Services Acquisition changed its name to Jamba, Inc.^[13] Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is one of the largest chains of DVD and video game rental stores in the world. ...

Competitors

Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Planet Smoothie, Juice It Up! and Robeks Juice are some of many chain stores considered to be Jamba Juice competition. However, its main competition comes from Smoothie King, the first to begin selling nutrional fruit smoothies on a grand scale. Others are the various coffee chains, such as Starbucks, as well as locally-owned fruit juice and smoothie restaurants. Still other competitors include Dairy Queen and Maui Wowi.^[14] logo Tropical Smoothie Cafe is a famous restaurant in the U.S.A. Tropical Smoothie, often shortened to Tropical Smoothie, sells sandwiches made from Boars Head, Lays potato chips, and, of course, smoothies. ... Founded in 1996, Robeks Juice is a Juice Bar chain headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California. ... Smoothie King is a smoothie corporation. ... For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck. ... Dairy Queen, abbreviated to DQ, is a global chain of ice-cream and fast-food restaurants. ...

Origin of name

The creators of Jamba Juice came up with the name during a brain storming session.^[15] Apparently "Jamba" was inspired by the jambu fruit, and a word "jama" that was discovered by Linda Olds in the languages section of Kennedy Library at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Jambu fruit is grown in many tropical and subtropical countries. ...

Prior to 2007, the company's website claimed that "Jamba" derives from the "African" word "Jama," which means "to celebrate, taking care of body, mind and soul is a way of celebrating life."^[16] The etymology has since been removed from the company's website.^[17] Direct e-mails to the company claim it to be of West African origin, but it does not specify from which of the estimated 1800 African Languages it derives. "Jamba" means "fart", "pass gas", or "break wind" in Swahili.^[18] Additionally, there is a town named "Jamba" in Angola, which may be related to the word "jamba," meaning "Elephant" in Umbundu, a language spoken in southern Angola. The town became relatively well-known as the headquarters of UNITA during the Ronald Reagan Administration in the USA. Map showing the distribution of African language families and some major African languages. ... A UNITA sticker The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, commonly known by the acronymn, UNITA, derived from its Portuguese name União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, is an Angolan political faction and a former rebel force. ... Reagan redirects here. ...

Nutrition

Jamba Juice uses real fruit and 100% fruit juices (from all fruit concentrate). All smoothies, except for its "All Fruit Smoothies," contain another ingredient, as per the recipe: sherbet, frozen yogurt, sorbet, plain yogurt, lower-calorie dairy base or soymilk. A concentrate is a form of substance which has had the majority of its base component (in the case of a liquid: the solvent) removed. ...

Jamba Juice is frequently criticized for selling smoothies with more sugar than is recommended by the USDA to consume in one day^{[citation needed]}. Because of this, Jamba Juice introduced "Enlightened Smoothies" in 2004 with less sugar and fewer calories and carbohydrates. They have since been renamed "Jamba Light." The Lower-calorie dairy base (formerly called Enlightened Base) is made with Splenda, non-fat milk and whey protein. Sucralose is a non-caloric sweetener about 600 times sweeter than sucrose. ...

In addition to the smoothies, Jamba Juice sells fresh-squeezed orange juice, carrot juice and lemonade, as well as wheatgrass juice shots. Jamba Juice also offers a substitute to coffee, for a caffeine fix, called Matcha Green Tea, which can be taken in a smoothie or as a small 4-ounce shot with soy milk, orange juice, or a mixture of the two, called a "dream shot". All of these are similar to an espresso shot with a more appetizing taste to some. Jamba Juice also offers boosts (dietary supplements). Each smoothie and yogurt blend comes with the option of one free boost addition, from a selection of six such as Soy Protein, Immunity, Energy, Daily Vitamin or Fiber. The Protein Berry Workout, Coldbuster, Fit 'N Fruitful, and Heart Defender each come with a boost, so upon purchasing, the consumer has the option of adding an extra boost in addition to the boost already added. Extra boosts, such as Weight Burner, Matcha, or Heart Happy or another of any of the six free boosts may be added for a small additional fee. Prices vary by region (a medium size smoothie ranges from about $3.85 to $5). For other uses, see Orange juice (disambiguation). ... Carrot juice is juice produced from carrots, often marketed as a health drink. ... This article is about the drink made with lemons. ... For other uses, see Wheatgrass (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Coffee (disambiguation). ... Matcha IPA: ) is a fine, powdered green tea used particularly in Japanese tea ceremony, as well as to dye and flavour foods such as mochi and soba noodles, green tea ice cream and a variety of wagashi (Japanese confectionery). ... A dietary supplement is intended to supply nutrients, (vitamins, minerals, fatty acids or amino acids) that are missing or not consumed in sufficient quantity in a persons diet. ...

Any smoothie can be modified from its standard recipe. Every customer has the opportunity to remove ingredients and substitute others. This is recommended to customers who have varied dietary needs.

2007 changes

Effective August 2nd, 2007, changes affecting the boosts and smoothies are as follows:^[19]

• The free boosts will be Soy Protein, Immunity (reformulated), Energy (reformulated), Daily Vitamin, Fiber, Green Caffeine, and Calcium. The Calcium Boost has similar effects and products as contained in the Femme, however the Femme is officially being discontinued.
• The super boosts will be Whey Protein, Heart Happy, Antioxidant, Matcha, and Weight Burner. The Vibrant C boost has been discontinued.
• The Protein Berry Pizazz will be renamed Protein Berry Workout; customers may choose to have Whey or Soy Protein in their smoothies. To make the smoothie a Protein Berry Pizazz, you must ask for blueberries added. The drink will carry Nike co-branding in all California Jamba outlets.^[20]
• The Acai Supercharger will be renamed Acai Super-Antioxidant; it will now include an Antioxidant boost.
• Two new smoothies will be added to the menu: Heart Defender and Fit N' Fruitful.
• The Coldbuster will have an Antioxidant boost instead of the Vibrant D boost.
• The Orange Dream Machine, Chocolate M'ood, and Peanut Butter M'ood will go under the new category "Creamy Indulgences."

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Videography

• Prison Break (2005), Michael Scofield: "We're not breaking out of a Jamba Juice, gentlemen."^[21] Then spoofed in Arrested Development
• Saturday Night Live, guest starring Natalie Portman
• Late Show with David Letterman, shortly after the release of Spiderman 3, Late Show did a segment called "How many men in Spiderman suits can fit into a Jamba Juice?" They sent 19 Spidermen, 3 Symbiote Spidermen boosts, 1 Superman, 1 Princess, 1 Dracula, 1 Moses,1 Dog and 2 Monkeys into the downtown New York store.
• Second season premiere of Psych
• Late Show with David Letterman August 2, 2007 sent a Jamba Juice smoothie from the 54th Street and Broadway store across the street to the Ed Sullivan theater through PVC tubing to a faucet mounted on Dave's desk.
• First part of the sixth season of The Sopranos.
• Testosterone (2003), Louise: "Is anybody going to Jamba Juice? I would love a Berry Blast with a Protein Boost - fast."^[22]
• Tracy Morgan, while on the Jimmy Kimmel show takes a sip of his drink and is startled, he says "What's in here? My kind of drink! It ain't no Jamba Juice, I know that."^[23]

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Book

• Perron, K., & Dembecki, S. (2004). Jamba juice power!: smoothies and juices for mind, body, and spirit. New York: Avery.

References

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See also

• Milkshake
• Orange Julius
• Smoothie
• Booster Juice
• Secret Menu

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External links

• Jamba Juice Official Website
• Podcast interview with Linda Olds
• Jamba Juice: Fiber Boost: What's in the Fiber Boost?