Tropical Smoothie Cafe

About Tropical Smoothie Cafe

At Tropical Smoothie Cafe, we’ve been making and serving fresh food and smoothies for as long as we can remember. In 1993, even before we opened our first Cafe, we served fresh fruit smoothies from a stand on a Florida beach. We’ve come a long way since then, but we’ve remained true to our early days of pure, wholesome food.

In 1997, we opened our first franchise in Tallahassee, Florida to give our customers a place to sit and relax while enjoying our fruit smoothies. By 1999, we added a wide range of wholesome food options to our menu that perfectly complemented our smoothies. One year later, we officially established the Tropical Smoothie Cafe name.

In 2007, we celebrated our 10 year anniversary and started our own holiday, National Flip Flop Day. On National Flip Flop Day, we raise funds to benefit Camp Sunshine and customers who visit our Cafes wearing flip flops between 2pm – 7pm receive a FREE smoothie. It’s a great day to bring on the sunshine in the lives of children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

Today, we have over 700 franchise locations in more than 44 states and customers continue to fall in love with Tropical Smoothie Cafe as a destination for flavor. We’ve always been guided by this one simple belief: when you eat better, you feel better and when you feel better – all is better. It’s why our mission is to inspire a healthier lifestyle by serving amazing food and smoothies with a bit of tropical fun.

Own the better-for-you franchise. – Today’s consumers need an escape more than ever, and they seek out healthier food options that make them happy. We continue to share the craveability of the tropics and satisfy the tastes of our health-conscious guests. To keep up with demand, we opened 99 Cafes in 2020, and have been recognized as one of 2019’s fastest-growing franchises by Entrepreneur and Nation’s Restaurant News.

We offer a balanced mix of smoothies and food. – What clearly distinguishes Tropical Smoothie Cafe from the competition is our balanced mix of smoothies and food, serving multiple dayparts: breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and snack and multiple revenue streams like dine-in, drive-thru, delivery, and catering. That mix helps drive our average ticket sales and average net revenues of $1,079,747 for the top 50% of our Franchise Owners.*

We keep it simple. – At a time when everything seems to be getting more complex, we’ve created a business model that’s simpler. We’ve done away with costly elements of food prep—there are no fryers or hoods—which keeps development costs low. Instead, there are just high-powered blenders, a convection oven, and our fresh, flavorful ingredients that win over brand fans everywhere we go.

Our Cafes are easier to operate, so you can connect with your guests and mentor a team that’s young, high-energy, and passionate about the brand. Our guests love our Cafes, and our employees enjoy the atmosphere, which helps you attract and retain high-quality team members. We’re dedicated to your success and will pair you with a trusted Franchise Business Leader that will help guide and support you along the way.