Saladworks Reaches Milestone with Mount Laurel Opening on October 1

Twenty-two years after openingits first store in the Cherry Hill Mall, Saladworks will open its 100thlocation on October 1, just over seven miles away in Mount Laurel.

To celebrate their major milestone, Saladworks will offer $1 salads at theMount Laurel location throughout the day with 100 percent of the proceedsgoing to benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. This also marks the firstlocation with Saladworks' "fanatic'ly fresh" new store design.

The store is located in the newly-named Bank of America Plaza on Route 38and Larchmont Road in Mount Laurel.

"This is a landmark day in the history of Saladworks," said founder andCEO John Scardapane. "The formula has been a mix of fanatical customerexperience along with a remarkably fresh product. Saladworks will soon be ahousehold name across the country as we continue our turbo-charged growth to1,000 stores by 2012, but we'll always be true to our South Jersey roots." . . . more

Saladworks revving up appetite for Bay State

Saladworks announced Wednesday that it is planning to open three locations in Boston.

This will be the first foray into the region for the quick-casual Pennsylvania-based restaurant chain, which focuses on fresh salads, soups, paninis and wraps.

Four development partners will be involved in bringing Saladworks to town. Arpitkumar Trivedi is head of the development, which includes Kruti Dalsania, Manoj Patel and Veerat Kalaria.

The Boston development group is looking to the Financial District, Cambridge and Back Bay to open the stores, two of which would open in 2008 and 2009. Financial details were not disclosed.

John Scardapane opened the first Saladworks in New Jersey in 1986. The company has 91 locations in seven states and Washington, D.C., with more than $60 million in sales in 2007.

Source: Boston Business Journal