Salad And Go Shuts All Restaurants As Chain Blames Bankruptcy On Rising Costs And Cyclospora

All of nan drive-thru concatenation Salad and Go’s stores are group to adjacent aft nan patient revenge for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing nan recent cyclospora outbreak arsenic a facet successful nan decision.

Mike Tattersfield, nan brand’s CEO, confirmed connected Tuesday that each 70 stores located successful Arizona and Nevada would service their last customers connected August 5. ​

“This is simply a achy time for everyone who built, worked for and loved Salad and Go,” said CEO Mike Tattersfield successful a news release. “Our ngo was brought to life each time by an bonzer squad and embraced by guests who made america portion of their routines.”

Tattersfield added, “We are proud of what we built together and grateful to each squad member, impermanent and partner who believed successful it.”​

Founded successful 2013, nan concatenation had served complete 60 cardinal meals crossed its drive-thru locations. In nan institution statement, a spokesperson said that nan patient had been designed to “make caller nutrient disposable to all.”​

However, Salad and Go was incapable to header pinch rising costs, maturation challenges and unit connected user demand. ​

The recent cyclospora outbreak, which has been widely referred to online arsenic nan “explosive diarrhea parasite,” besides compounded nan challenges faced by nan chain, nan connection says.​

People statement cyclosporiasis aft eating nutrient aliases drinking h2o contaminated ‌with quality feces containing nan microscopic parasite Cyclospora. In mid July, Sysco said ithalted income and distribution of Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce from Mexico. Sysco did a voluntary callback astatine nan clip and past Taylor Farms notified nan supplier of an ⁠official recall, Hourican said.

According to Salad and Go, nan institution was not implicated successful nan Cyclospora outbreak successful July, but nan dispersed of nan alleged “explosive diarrhea parasite” still shook assurance crossed nan industry. ​

The erstwhile owners of Salad and Go, who now run different edifice concatenation named Angie’s, described nan news of nan closure arsenic “bittersweet.”

​“We dreamed that anyplace location was a McDonald's, location would besides beryllium a amended and healthier replacement that group could afford,” nan statement, uploaded to Instagram, read. “Although we exited successful 2021, watching nan institution denote nan closing of its remaining locations is heartbreaking.”​

The erstwhile owners added, “To everyone who was ever a portion of nan Salad and Go travel pinch us, we convey you.”

Meanwhile, Sysco, nan biggest U.S. nutrient distributor, has stopped buying iceberg lettuce from Mexico owed to nan U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak, CEO Kevin ⁠Hourican said connected Tuesday.

The move shows really nan largest U.S. outbreak of cyclosporiasis connected grounds has forced adjustments to nan nutrient proviso concatenation arsenic cases of nan illness proceed to mount. An investigation by nan U.S. Food and Drug Administration has linked nan outbreak to iceberg lettuce served astatine Taco Bell restaurants and originated from privately ⁠held Taylor Farms operations successful cardinal Mexico. However, authorities ​are ⁠still looking for different imaginable sources.