Clean Juice made its regional debut Monday off of Naples Boulevard in North Naples. The fast-casual restaurant franchise especially targets people seeking healthy food alternatives. Its extensive menu of fresh and cold-pressed juices, protein smoothies, açaí bowls, wraps and toasts stands out because all of its products are certified 100% organic by the United States Department of Agriculture.
“It’s truly the highest quality USDA ingredients,” says regional franchisee Mark Heinold, a health and wellness advocate and career health technology and private equity professional. The full-time resident of North Naples is introducing his first area Clean Juice in a 1,500-square-feet unit next door to his Eat The Frog Fitness franchise that opened its studio earlier this year in the Sutton Place retail strip near Regal Cinema.
“Naples is home to people that care about their health and wellness, so we saw this as a fantastic place to establish ourselves in as we grow Clean Juice throughout Southwest Florida,” Heinold says.
The North Naples location of Clean Juice is the first of 10 Heinold plans to open in his territory from North Fort Myers to Marco Island during the next several years, providing more than 250 job opportunities. He already has leased 1,509 square feet of retail space at University Highlands, 19527 Highland Oaks Drive, Suite 205, off Ben Hill Griffin Parkway near Hertz Arena and Miromar Outlets in Estero. He plans to open Clean Juice and Eat the Frog together there, as well, and at other locations when possible. Expect Clean Juice locations eventually coming to Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Marco Island and Collier County near Immokalee Road and Collier Boulevard, Heinold said.
Founded in 2014 in North Carolina, fast-growing Clean Juice has more than 80 locations, including nearly 20 in Florida. Sports star Tim Tebow, symbolic of the chain’s roots of a “healthy body and a strong spirit,” signed on this summer to partner with Clean Juice as the brand’s national ambassador. “Having him involved with the franchise is a huge step forward for us,” Heinold says.
Clean Juice has 10 nutrient-dense, cold-pressed juices made in-house daily without pasteurization or heat, so no enzymes are damaged. “You can come in and see the process,” Heinold says. The juice bar has a rotating seasonal menu that features organic products at their ripest.
Clean Juice, 6270 Naples Blvd., Unit 6, is open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. Its grand opening celebration with prizes and giveaways will be Oct. 23.Call 239-591-5124 or click here for more information
