Smoothie King open in Liberty Twp.

Wednesday's Business headlines

LIBERTY TWP. — Smoothie King opened Friday at 6752 Cincinnati Dayton Road in the Commons at Liberty Falls building, situated between Penn Station and the building main’s entrance, said Jim Smith of Liberty Twp.

Smoothie King is a New Orleans-based franchise with nearly 600 U.S. locations serving 80 different fruit smoothies and nutritional items such as vitamins and supplements. This is Smith’s first franchise location and the second in Butler County — the other location is on Union Centre Boulevard in West Chester Twp.

“We’ve had a lot of guests come in the store, and people of Liberty Twp. seem to be really interested,” Smith said.

He decided more than a year ago he wanted to open his own business. He eventually decided on the franchise model and from there on Smoothie King because he didn’t want to serve fried food, he said.

He has 12 total employees, but didn’t disclose how much he invested to open the restaurant. Smith said he plans to have an upcoming grand opening event.

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