FEATURED ACCOLADES
2025 Franchise 500
Ranked #18 overall, #1 in Smoothie/Juice category
Ranked 5 consecutive years in a row for Top Smoothie Category
2025 Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious ranked #36
Ranked 12 consecutive years in a row
Franchise Business Review Top Franchises Satisfaction Award 2024
#5 on America’s 10 Favorite Restaurant Chains list 2025
#42 on the Top 500 list 2024
2024 Top 50 Fast-Food Chains ranked #34
2023 24 Fastest-Growing Fast-Food Chains in America ranked #8
One of the top franchise concepts analyzed by FRANdata
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
Franchise Business Review Top Franchises for Women Award
Franchise Times’ Fast & Serious Smartest-Growing Brands, #36
Nation’s Restaurant News America’s 10 Favorite Restaurant Chains, #5
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
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
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