Winner of Salad and Go auction is 7 Brew Coffee

By Jason W. Brooks
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An Arkansas-based drive-thru coffee chain made the winning bid for 73 former Salad and Go locations in a bankruptcy auction Monday, including 41 in Arizona.

According to documents from U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Southern Texas, 7 Brew outbid Tempe-based Dutch Bros. for the 73 locations, and will pay $143.18 million.

That bid was greater than Dutch Bros.’ $105 million offer, initially announced in early August as the apparent only bid.
Dutch Bros. chose not to raise its bid and will act as a backup in case the 7 Brew agreement cannot be completed, court documents state.

The sellers — known as And Go Concepts LLC on court documents — must pay a termination fee of more than $4.3 million if they decide to rescind the sale.

Any additional leases and contracts included in the successful bid that were not previously noticed under the bulk sale motion will be heard at a second-sale hearing on Sept. 21, documents state.

Salad and Go was started as a family concept in Gilbert in 2013 by Tony and Roushan Christofellis. They sold the company in 2022 and currently operate Angie’s.

Many Valley communities were home to multiple Salad And Go locations. There were three Salad and Go locations in Chandler, at Queen Creek and Gilbert roads, along with two along Chandler Boulevard, at Kyrene Road and at Dobson Road.

Dutch Bros. has even more dense store coverage across the Valley, in some places. In fact, the shuttered Queen Creek / Gilbert roads Salad and Go location is in the middle of a shopping center that has a Dutch Bros. at one end and an Angie’s at the other end.

The owners announced bankruptcy filings Aug. 4, with Aug. 5 as Salad and Go’s last day of operation. Long lines were seen at several Valley locations in lobbies and in drive-thrus Aug. 5.

Dutch Bros., while now headquartered in Tempe, was started in Oregon in the early 1990s. The 7 Brew chain is drive-thru only, with its first store opening in Arkansas in 2017, quickly expanding and celebrating the opening of its 777th store in June.

7 Brew currently only shows two Tucson locations in Arizona on its website, along with a store planned on Ocotillo Road in Queen Creek.

On Aug. 12, 7 Brew launched a mobile ordering app. In addition to coffee and energy drink varieties, its online menus also include teas, chai, matcha, lemonades, smoothies and shakes. Fizz sodas are another signature item.

Here are the Arizona Salad and Go locations listed alongside Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas counterparts, in court documents as part of the 7 Brew purchase:

-10031 E. Southern Ave., Mesa

-1040 W. Southern Ave., Mesa

-12601 N. Paradise Village Parkway, Phoenix

-1302 S. Kolb Road, Tucson

-1322 E. Florence Blvd., Casa Grande

-13838 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale

-1585 N. Dysart Road, Avondale

-17155 N Tatum Blvd., Phoenix

-1754 W. Hunt Highway, San Tan Valley

-1804 E. Elliot Road, Tempe

-1902 W. Northern Ave., Phoenix

-1956 S. Country Club Drive, Mesa

-2020 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler

-2080 W. River Road, Tucson

-21060 N. Cave Creek Road, Phoenix

-2301 N. 44th St., Phoenix

-2323 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale

-251 S. Power Road, Mesa

-2814 S. Signal Butte Road, Mesa

-3233 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix

-3333 W. Peoria Ave., Phoenix

-3425 W. Greenway Road, Phoenix

-3505 W. Baseline Road, Laveen Village

-4716 E. Ray Road, Phoenix

-5501 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson

-710 E. Dunlap Ave., Phoenix

-7480 S. Power Road, Gilbert

-7560 W. Lower Buckeye Road, Phoenix

-7980 E. Speedway Blvd, Tucson

-8268 W. Deer Valley Road, Peoria

-909 E. Broadway Road, Tempe

-910 S. Cooper Road, Gilbert

-9121 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale

-9875 W. Lower Buckeye Road, Tolleson

-10071 E. Old Vail Road, Tucson

-15305 N. 87th St, Scottsdale

-1660 E. Pecos Road, Gilbert

-16885 W. Bell Road, Surprise

-3095 E. Queen Creek Road, Chandler

-3220 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson

-8220 W. Thunderbird Road, Peoria

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