Dallas, Jan 7, 2026, 18:04 CST
- Salad and Go said it will close all remaining restaurants in Texas and Oklahoma.
- The final 32 locations are slated to shut on Jan. 11, Nation’s Restaurant News reported.
- Local media reported the exit would affect about 600 employees and trigger a headquarters move back to Arizona.
Salad and Go said on Wednesday it will close all remaining restaurants in Texas and Oklahoma, pulling the drive-thru salad chain out of two states that had become its main growth markets outside Arizona.
The move lands as the company tries to reset after a rapid buildout and then a first wave of closures announced in September. It is now shrinking back to a smaller footprint it says it can run better, with fewer moving parts and less distance between its kitchens and stores.
It also yanks the company’s center of gravity out of North Texas. Local media reported Salad and Go will shut its Dallas-area commissary — a central kitchen that preps and ships ingredients — and move its headquarters out of Coppell, near Dallas-Fort Worth.
The remaining closures cover 25 restaurants in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and seven in Oklahoma, according to local reports. Nation’s Restaurant News said the last 32 stores, mostly in Dallas, are slated to close on Jan. 11. Nrn
Chief executive Mike Tattersfield said the company reviewed its business and decided to “exit our Texas and Oklahoma markets” and concentrate on Arizona and Nevada. He said Texas and Oklahoma remain “important” and the company intends to come back “when the time is right.”
Tattersfield told the Phoenix Business Journal that the “economic burden” of a large Dallas kitchen and the chain’s expansion push weighed on the business, and that earlier growth was built on a “flawed business plan.” He said consolidating around Phoenix should let the company focus on basics like food quality and menu changes. Bizjournals
In September, Salad and Go said it would close 41 restaurants in Texas and Oklahoma, including all stores in Houston, Austin and San Antonio, while keeping a Dallas-area foothold. The Dallas Morning News said the chain had 146 locations at the end of 2024 and would have about 70 left after the latest shutdowns, all in Arizona and Nevada. Dallasnews
But the exit leaves open questions on the messy parts: what happens to store workers, whether any staff can transfer, and how quickly the chain can unwind leases and supply contracts. CBS News Texas has previously reported food-safety complaints from managers alleging undercooked chicken; Salad and Go denied customers became sick and said it changed vendors after the chicken did not meet its standards. Cbsnews
Nation’s Restaurant News, citing The Arizona Republic, said the remaining restaurants will be supplied from a single commissary near Phoenix and that the retreat is aimed at focusing on where the chain performs best. Azcentral
