Salad and Go is closing 32 more restaurants this week: List of doomed locations grows for Sweetgreen rival

""After assessing our business, we made the decision to exit our Texas and Oklahoma markets and refocus on strengthening our core operations in Arizona and Nevada," CEO Mike Tattersfield told Fast Company in an email. "By consolidating our operations at our Phoenix area headquarters, we can focus on what matters most: food quality, menu innovation, guest experience and building for long-term growth.""

""We're grateful to our team members in Texas and Oklahoma for the care they brought every day, and we deeply appreciate the communities that welcomed Salad and Go," Tattersfield said."

""We were so focused on expanding out in Texas and other areas and we neglected Arizona," he told the journal."

Salad and Go will close 32 stores by January 11 — 25 in Texas and seven in Oklahoma — affecting around 600 employees. The company will close its Dallas headquarters and relocate to Phoenix. The drive-through, grab-and-go chain offers affordable salads, wraps, and other healthy menu items and was founded in 2013 in Gilbert, Arizona. After rapid expansion beginning in 2022, the chain reduced its retail footprint, including a prior closure of 41 stores in September 2025. Operations will be limited to Arizona and Nevada going forward. Mike Tattersfield, who joined in April 2025, attributed the closures to a flawed expansion plan and a large, costly central kitchen in Dallas and plans to consolidate to prioritize food quality, menu innovation, guest experience, and long-term growth.

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