A 7 Brew drive-through espresso store in Niceville, Florida. Picture by The Bushranger, licensed below CC BY-SA 4.0, through Wikimedia Commons
Quickly rising Arkansas-based espresso chain 7 Brew has outbid nationwide rival Dutch Bros in a chapter public sale for dozens of former Salad and Go areas.ย
In a discover filed Sept. 1 within the U.S. Chapter Courtroom for the Southern District of Texas, Brew Tradition LLC, which does enterprise as 7 Brew, was named the profitable bidder with a proposal of roughly $143.2 million.
The proposed deal, pending chapter courtroom approval, entails 73 Salad and Go leases throughout 4 states, together with 41 areas in Arizona, 20 in Texas and 6 every in Nevada and Oklahoma. Along with the leases, the transaction consists of site-related property and sure buyer lists. It doesnโt embrace the Salad and Go model.
Arizona-based Dutch Bros was named because the backup bidder, based on a courtroom discover. Dutch Bros subsidiary Boersma Bros LLC had initially agreed to pay $105 million for property linked to 51 Salad and Go drive-through areas in Arizona and Nevada, whereas doubtlessly taking up one other 14 leases in Texas and Oklahoma for a nominal $50.
In an Aug. 31 announcement, Dutch Bros stated it elected to not enhance its whole supply for the beforehand introduced acquisition of as much as 65 Salad and Go areas, whereas reaffirming a dedication to develop to 2,029 retailers by 2029. The corporate stated it had 1,225 areas as of June 30.
A Salad and Go drive-through restaurant. Picture โRetailer Entrance (with palm bushes)โ licensed below CC BY-SA 4.0, through Wikimedia Commons.
For 7 Brew, the potential acquisition may present an unusually quick growth in Arizona, the place it at the moment has two open retailers, and Nevada, the place it at the moment has none. The corporate at the moment lists greater than 800 areas throughout 38 U.S. states.
A bunch of entrepreneurs below the title Brew Tradition acquired the then-seven-location 7 Brew enterprise in 2020 and has since expanded primarily by way of franchising. The corporateโs small-format, double-drive-through mannequin resembles the bodily format of the previous Salad and Go eating places.
Salad and Go was based in Gilbert, Arizona, in 2013 as a health-focused different to traditional quick meals. Its mannequin concerned small drive-through eating places provided by centralized food-production amenities. The model reached a peak of 146 areas.
The corporate closed roughly 41 underperforming areas in September 2025, adopted by all remaining Texas and Oklahoma eating places in January. The roughly 70 remaining areas closed on Wednesday, Aug. 5, the day after submitting for Chapter 11 chapter safety.ย
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