Jamba Juice Envisions 5,000 Worldwide Stores

NEW YORK CITY-Jamba Inc., the owner and operator of more than 640 Jamba Juice stores in more than 24 states, has lofty goals of going global, said CEO Paul Clayton in a presentation at the Thomas Weisel Partners Consumer Conference on Tuesday. He told the audience that the company has a long-term goal of hitting the 5,000 store mark, though he didn’t give a proposed timeframe.

The blended juice company is based in Emeryville, CA, and has more than 50 percent of its stores there. It favors a company-owned strategy, with only just more than 115 stores run by franchisees. “We think there’s a substantial upside in the development of this brand, and we’d like to control it’s execution,” Clayton said.