Jamba Juice stores are closing, driven by franchise terminations, as national retail footprint shrinks

Jamba Juice has a sobering message for entrepreneurs who want to open a franchise: You might be better off somewhere else. In a “special risks” section of its 2026 franchise disclosure document (FDD), the smoothie chain revealed that 130 Jamba Juice franchise agreements have not survived the last three years. Opening a Jamba Juice, the document bluntly states, “could be a higher risk investment than a franchise in a system with a lower turnover rate.” In an unusual twist, that tur...