Fast casual salad chain · 110+ locations · NYC, NJ, CT, FL, IL, PA, MA, DC
Just Salad is B Corp-certified, with third-party-verified carbon labels on every menu item. It's still founder-run after 20 years, but now backed by $436M in institutional capital at a $1B valuation.
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Just Salad's environmental claims are independently checkable — B Corp certification, carbon labels on every menu item verified by Planet FWD, and a reusable-bowl program validated by an independent life-cycle assessment. Founder Nick Kenner has run it since 2006, though $436M in institutional capital — including a $200M round in 2025 at a $1B valuation — now funds and shapes the growth. The labor record is thinner than the eco record: a 2018 delivery-fee lawsuit was mostly dismissed, but a related tip-credit claim settled for $120,000 in 2022.
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Company data last updated July 2026
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