Food & Beverage

Just Salad Likely to Pursue Private Equity or IPO Within 2 Years to Fund Growth

To date, the salad chain has largely eschewed outside capital

Just Salad CEO Nick Kenner founded the healthy quick-service chain in 2006.Just Salad

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ORLANDO—Just Salad, which serves up environmentally sustainable policies alongside its healthy menu options, is likely to seek either private equity or an initial public offering within the next two years to fund growth, the company’s CEO and founder Nick Kenner said in an interview with Adweek at the ICR Conference 2020.

Propelling the need to open more restaurants: consumer demand. According to Kenner, the company’s comparable sales growth of more than 30% during the last two years is pushing the food chain’s strategy.