LOVED BY OUR CUSTOMERS. RESPECTED BY OUR FRANCHISE OWNERS. RECOGNIZED BY INDUSTRY LEADERS.

2019 Accolades

• #2 on Restaurant Business’ America’s Favorite Quick-Service Chains list
• #65 on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 list
• #17 on Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious list

2018 Accolades

• #66 on Entrepreneur’s Top Franchises for Veterans list
• #7 on Nation’s Restaurant News Top 10 Beverage-Snack Chains list
• #25 on QSR’s 50 Chains with the Most Loyal Customers list
• #6 on Franchise Gator’s Top 100 Franchises of 2018 list
• #8 on Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Top 25 Atlanta-Based Franchises list
• #32 Entrepreneur’s Fastest-Growing Franchises list
• #71 on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 list
• Ranked in the top 50 Multi-Unit Franchises of 2018 by Franchise Business Review
• #32 Fast Casual’s Top 100 Movers & Shakers List
• #2 in the Smoothie and Juice category for Entrepreneur’s Top Food Franchises list
• #8 on Forbes Best Franchises List under the ‘Medium Investment’ category
• #107 on Nation’s Restaurant News Top 200 list
• #8 on Nation’s Restaurant News Top 10 Fastest Growing Chains list
• #3 on Nation’s Restaurant News’ Top 10 Chains Leading Sales-Per-Unit Growth list
•  Ranked in QSR’s 6 Best Franchise Deals by Franchisee Satisfaction in the “Fast Casual” Category list

2017 Accolades

• Tropical Smoothie Cafe won the silver award at Franchising Gives Back for their work with Camp Sunshine
• #2 in the Smoothie and Juice category for Entrepreneur’s Top Food Franchises list
• #9 on Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Top 25 Atlanta-Based Franchises list
• #9 on the Top Fastest Growing Chains list in Nation’s Restaurant News Second 100 Survey
• #32 on Entrepreneur’s Best Franchises For Vets list
• #35 Best for Vets: Franchises 2017 by Military Times
• Top 40 for Franchise Business Review’s Top 40 Food and Beverage Franchises for franchisee satisfaction list
• #57 on Franchise Gator’s Fastest Growing Franchises list
• #121 on Restaurant Business Magazine’s Top 500 Chains list
• #162 on Entrepreneur’s Top Franchise Brands list
• #140 on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 ranking
• #192 on Franchise Times’ Top 200 ranking
• #54 on Fast Casual’s Top 100 Movers & Shakers List

2016 Accolades

• Top Franchises 2016 by Franchise Business Review
• Ray of Light Award by Camp Sunshine
• Mike Rotondo elected to the International Franchise Association Board of Directors
• Best Franchise Deals by QSR Magazine
• Top 25 Executives on Fast Casual’s 100 Movers & Shakers list
• Top 10 on QSR’s Best Franchise Deals list
• #5 on Fast Casual’s Top 100 Movers & Shakers list
• #6 on Franchise Gator’s Top 100 Franchises list
• #6 on Nation Restaurant News’ Second 100 list
• #17 on Franchise Times’ 20 to Watch list
• #32 on Military Times’ Best for Vets list
• #34 on Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious list
• #46 on Franchise Gator’s Fastest Growing Franchises list
• #37 on Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2016 Pacesetters list
• #62 on Entrepreneur’s Fastest-Growing Franchises list
• #135 on Restaurant Business Magazine’s Top 500 Chains list
• #213 on Franchise Times’ Top 200 list
• #399 on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 list
• #3943 on Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 list

2015 Accolades

• #17 on Franchise Times’ 20 to Watch list