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Featured Accolades
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2026 Franchise 500 ranked #14 overall,
#1 in Smoothie/Juice category
Ranked for 6 consecutive years -
2026 Franchise Times Fast & Serious ranked #39
Ranked for 13 consecutive years -
2026 Franchise Business Review Top Franchises Satisfaction Award
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#5 on America’s 10 Favorite Restaurant Chains list 2025
#42 on the Top 500 list 2024 -
2025 Top 50 Fast-Food Chains ranked #36
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One of the top franchise concepts analyzed by FRANdata
All accolades by year
2026 Accolades
- Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, #14
- Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, #1 in Smoothie/Juice Category
- Franchise Business Review Top Franchises Satisfaction Award
- Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious Smartest-Growing Brands, #39
2025 Accolades
- Entrepreneur’s Fastest Growing Franchise, #16
- Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, #18
- Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, #1 in Smoothie/Juice Category
- Fast Casual Top 100 Movers and Shakers, #45
- Forbes Best Brands for Value, #152
- Franchise Business Review Top Franchises for Women Award
- Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious Smartest-Growing Brands, #36
- Franchise Times’ Top 400, #60
- Nation’s Restaurant News America’s 10 Favorite Restaurant Chains, #5
- QSR Top 50 Fast-Food Chains, #36
2024 Accolades
- Entrepreneur’s Customer Experience All Stars, #99
- Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, #13
- Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, #1 in Smoothie/Juice Category
- Entrepreneur’s Top Brands for Multi-Unit Owners, #77
- Entrepreneur’s Top Franchises for Veterans, #6
- Fast Casual Top 100 Movers and Shakers, #42
- Franchise Business Review Top Franchises Satisfaction Award
- Franchise Business Review Top Franchises for Women Award
- Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious Smartest-Growing Brands, #33
- Franchise Times’ Top 400, #66
- FUND Score 905, one of the top franchise concepts analyzed by FRANdata
- Global Franchise’s 50 Fast-Growing Food Franchises
- Nation’s Restaurant News Top 500, #42
- Nation’s Restaurant News America’s 10 Favorite Restaurant Chains, #8
- QSR Top 50 Fast-Food Chains, #34
2023 Accolades
- Entrepreneur Fastest Growing Franchise, #10
- Entrepreneur Franchise 500, #11
- Entrepreneur Franchise 500, #1 in Smoothie/Juice Category
- Entrepreneur Top Franchises for Veterans, #8
- Forbes 2023 Customer Experience All-Stars, #97
- Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious Smartest-Growing Brands, #21
- Franchise Times’ Top 400, #75
- Franchise Business Review Most Profitable Franchises
- Franchise Business Review Top Food Franchises
- Franchise Business Review Top Franchises Recession-Proof
- Franchise Business Review 10 years Hall of Fame
- Franchise Business Review Top Franchises Satisfaction Award
- FSR’s 100 Most-Beloved Restaurant Brands, #37
- FUND Score 920 by FRANdata 2022, the highest among its peers in the QSR segment
- QSR Top 50 Fast-Food Chains ranked #36
- QSR 24 Fastest-Growing Fast-Food Chains in America ranked #8
- TOPSCORE Fund Award by FRANdata 2023
- 2023 Top 100 Movers and Shakers, #14
- NRN 2023 Top 500: Biggest Restaurant Chains in America ranked #52
2022 Accolades
- QSR Fastest-Growing Fast-Food Chains in America ranked #10
- QSR Top 50 Fast-Food Chains ranked #37
- 2022 Top 100 Movers and Shakers ranked #28
- NRN 2022 Top 500: Biggest Restaurant Chains in America ranked #53
- TOPSCORE Fund Award, FUND Score 910 by FRANdata
- Most Lender-Friendly Restaurant Franchise by FRANdata
- Entrepreneur Fastest Growing Franchise, #28
- Entrepreneur Franchise 500, #10
- Entrepreneur Franchise 500, #1 in Smoothie/Juice category
- Entrepreneur Top Food Franchise, #1 in Smoothie/Juice category
- Entrepreneur Top Franchises for Veterans, #10
- Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious Smartest-Growing Brands, #11
- Franchise Business Review Top Food Franchises
- Franchise Business Review Top Franchises for Veterans
- Franchise Business Review Most Profitable Franchises
- Franchise Business Review Most Innovative Franchises
- Technomic’s Top 500, #52 Overall
- Technomic’s Top 500, #37 Limited-Service Chains
- Salem Najjar – IFA Franchisee of the Year Award
- Toya Evans – Multi-Unit Franchising Conference Spirit of Franchising Award
- Roma & Suresh Patel – Multi-Unit Franchising Conference Husband & Wife Team Influencer Award
- Top 25 Franchises for Black Entrepreneurs Across Multiple Industries from Black Enterprise
- Inc. 5000’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
2021 Accolades
- TOPSCORE Fund Award, FUND Score 910 by FRANdata
- Most Lender-Friendly Restaurant Franchise by FRANdata
- Roma Patel – Franchise Business Review’s Franchise Rock Star
- Franchise Business Review’s Top Recession-Proof Franchises
- Franchise Business Review’s Top Franchises
- Franchise Business Review’s Top Multi-Unit Franchises
- Franchise Business Review’s Top Franchises for Veterans
- Entrepreneur Top Franchises for Veterans
- QSR Top 17 Franchise Deals
- Ranked #13 on the QSR 27 Fastest-Growing Quick-Service Chains in America
- Entrepreneur Best of the Best
- Ranked #45 on the QSR 50
- Ranked #112 on the Franchise Times Top 400
- #66 on NRN’s 2021 Top 500 Countdown: Restaurants Ranked
- Ranked #65 on NRN’s Largest Restaurant Chains in America – Ranked by Sales Units & More
- NRN’s 34 Biggest Restaurant Chains that got Even Bigger in 2020
- NRN’s 25 Fastest-Growing Restaurant Chains in America
- Ranked #14 on Entrepreneur’s Top Franchises for Veterans
- Zelia Miller, General Manager – QSR’s Young Restaurant Leaders to Watch
- Franchise Business Review’s Culture 100 list
- Franchise Business Review’s Top Food Franchises
- Fast-Casual’s Movers and Shakers, ranked #11
- Restaurant Business’ Fastest-Growing Chains
- Franchise Business Review’s Top 50 Franchises for Women
- Entrepreneur’s Fastest-Growing Franchises
- Franchise Times’ Zor Awards for Guilt-Free Eats
- Franchise Gator’s Top 100 Franchises, ranked #10
- Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, ranked #14 overall, #1 in Smoothie/Juice category
- Franchise Gator’s Fastest-Growing Companies
- Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious Smartest-Growing Brands, #20
2020 Accolades
- Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious ranked #20
- Entrepreneur’s Top Franchises for Veterans ranked #29
- Franchise Times Top 200+
- QSR’s 19 Fastest Growing Quick-Service Restaurant Chains
- Franchise Business Review’s Top Food Franchises
- QSR’s 10 Best Franchise Deals
- The QSR 50 ranked #49
- Entrepreneur’s Top Food Franchises ranked #2
- Inc. 5000’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies ranked #3,639
- Entrepreneur’s Moving Up Franchises ranked #24
- Entrepreneur’s Top Food Franchises of 2020, ranked #2 in the Smoothies/Juices Category
- NRN’s 10 Fastest-Growing Restaurant Chains
- Franchise Gator’s Top 100 Franchises ranked #3
- QSR’s 10 Best Franchise Deals
- Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers ranked #13
- Restaurant Business Magazine’s Top 500 Restaurant Chains ranked #77
- Entrepreneur’s Fastest-Growing Franchises ranked #20
- Franchise Business Review Top Food Franchises
- Franchise Business Review Top 50 Multi-Unit Franchises
- Entrepreneur Franchise 500 ranked #18
- Franchise Business Review Top 200 Franchises
- NRN’s Most Influential CEOs
- Franchise Business Review Best Multi-Unit Franchises
- Entrepreneur’s Hottest Franchise Category
2019 Accolades
- #9 on Restaurant Business’ America’s Favorite Chains
- #40 on Entrepreneur’s Top Franchises for Veterans list
- Ranked on Franchise Business Review’s Top 200 Food Franchises
- #9 on Atlanta Business Chronicle’s list of the Largest Atlanta-based Franchises
- #65 on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 list
- #33 on Entrepreneur’s Fastest-Growing Franchises list
- #5 on Franchise Gator’s Top 100 Franchises of 2019 list
- #17 on Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious list
- #9 on MSN Money’s Hottest Businesses to Franchise in America list
- #2 on Restaurant Business’ America’s Favorite Quick-Service Chains list
- #88 on Restaurant Business’ Top 500 Chains list
- #25 on Fast Casual’s Top 100 Movers & Shakers List
- #8 on Nation’s Restaurant News Top 10 Fastest-Growing Chains list
- #95 on Nation’s Restaurant News Top 200 list
- #2 in the Smoothie and Juice category for Entrepreneur’s Top Food Franchises list
- #161 in the Franchise Times’ Top 200+ list
- #5 in the Top 16 Fastest-Growing Chains in America by IHL Group
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
- #14 on Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious list
- Ranked in Franchise Business Review’s top 50 Multi-Unit Franchises of 2018 list
- #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
- #39 Entrepreneur’s Fastest-Growing Franchises 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
- #25 on Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious 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
- #34 on Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious list
- #32 on Military Times’ Best for Vets list
- #46 on Franchise Gator’s Fastest-Growing Franchises list
- #37 on Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2016 Pacesetters list
- #61 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
- #71 Entrepreneur’s Fastest-Growing Franchises list
- #408 on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 list