Salad and Go Files for Bankruptcy, to Close All Restaurants
Salad and Go filed for bankruptcy and will permanently close all 70 of its restaurants, ending a 13-year run for the drive-thru salad chain.
Its restaurants in Arizona and Nevada will provide their final guest service on Wednesday.
The filing completes a steep reversal for a brand that operated more than 140 company-owned restaurants as recently as May 2025. Salad and Go nearly doubled its footprint over the preceding two years before closing half of its system in less than a year.
The company cited sustained pressure on consumer demand, rising costs, and previous growth challenges as reasons it could not continue operating. Salad and Go also pointed to a multistate Cyclospora outbreak in July that weakened consumer confidence across the industry. The chain was not implicated in the outbreak.
"This is a painful day for everyone who built, worked for, and loved Salad and Go," CEO Mike Tattersfield said in a statement. "Our mission was brought to life every day by an extraordinary team and embraced by guests who made us part of their routines. We are proud of what we built together and grateful to every team member, guest, and partner who believed in it."
The bankruptcy follows two major rounds of restaurant closures that erased Salad and Go's presence outside Arizona and Nevada.
In September 2025, the company announced plans to close 41 restaurants, including every location in Houston, Austin, and San Antonio, along with select stores in the Dallas area and Oklahoma. Tattersfield said the move would allow Salad and Go to concentrate its resources on Dallas and Oklahoma, in addition to its established markets in Phoenix, Tucson, and Las Vegas.
Four months later, Salad and Go disclosed that it would exit Texas and Oklahoma altogether, closing another 32 restaurants. Those closures included 25 Texas units and seven Oklahoma stores, leaving the chain with 70 locations across Arizona and Nevada.
Tattersfield said in January that consolidating operations near the company's Phoenix headquarters would allow Salad and Go to strengthen food quality, menu innovation and the guest experience. He also suggested the retrenchment could position the company to resume expansion when conditions improved.
Salad and Go's earlier expansion included a significant infrastructure investment in Texas. The company opened a commissary kitchen in Garland that had the capacity to support as many as 500 restaurants within a 12-hour drive. The facility was intended to supply the chain as it expanded across Texas and other markets.
Tattersfield joined Salad and Go as CEO in April 2025 after previously leading Krispy Kreme. He succeeded Charlie Morrison, who departed to become CEO of Jersey Mike's.
Shortly after taking the role, Tattersfield told QSR magazine that he wanted to build "America's most loved salad company." His initial priorities included improving kitchen efficiency and throughput, with potential expansion throughout the Southwest, central southern U.S., and Southeast.
Founded in Gilbert, Arizona, in 2013, Salad and Go sought to make nutritious food more convenient and affordable through compact, drive-thru-only restaurants. Some locations occupied as little as 750 square feet.
The menu featured salads, wraps, soups, breakfast burritos, bowls and snacks, with several signature meals priced under $10. The company said it served more than 60 million meals during its history.
Salad and Go was still rolling out new products and value offers less than two months before the bankruptcy filing. In late June, the chain announced Menu 2.GO, an expanded platform featuring updated signature salads, revised ingredient combinations, an all-natural flame-seared USDA steak, and new meal bundles. The rollout also included a smaller salad starting at $5.99.
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