Overview
- The company filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions and announced on Tuesday that all Salad and Go locations will permanently close after serving final guests on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026.
- About 70 drive‑thru restaurants remain at shutdown, the chain says it served more than 60 million meals since its 2013 founding, and its remaining sites are concentrated in Arizona with seven in the Las Vegas area.
- Salad and Go told customers it could not overcome sustained weak demand, rising operating costs and past rapid expansion that left high overhead, and it will use Chapter 11 to realize assets and wind down obligations.
- The company said a July Cyclospora outbreak, which did not implicate Salad and Go, depressed customer confidence across the sector and compounded the chain’s sales declines.
- The chain’s rise and fall included a rapid build to about 146 stores by mid‑2025, large closures in late 2025 and early 2026, and the founders’ 2021 exit after disputes with private equity, a history reporters cite when tracing strategic choices.