Investments
Mountain Mike’s Pizza, LLC
Oakland and Newport Beach, CA
www.mountainmikespizza.com
Mountain Mike’s Pizza is a California-based pizza concept designed to accommodate those seeking a family-oriented casual dining environment, complemented by delivery and carryout. Starting with its first restaurant adjacent to the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, CA in 1978, Mountain Mike’s Pizza has grown to become the 24th largest pizza system in the U.S. in 2017, with more than 180 restaurants in California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah. We acquired the company in April 2017, along with investment partner Jupiter Holdings, LLC and Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.
Juice It Up!
100+ Locations
www.juiceitup.com
Juice It Up! is a leading handcrafted smoothie, raw juice, and superfruit bowl franchise. Founded in 1995, the Irvine, California-based lifestyle brand is focused on providing its guests with a variety of great-tasting, better-for-you food and drink choices designed with personal wellness in mind. With over 100 locations open or under development across California, Florida, New Mexico, Oregon, and Texas, the privately-owned company is rolling out a new restaurant design, putting a heavier focus on functional smoothies and bowls, and expanding its raw, cold pressed juice options to best reflect the brand’s active personality and motto to “Live Life Juiced!” An established lifestyle brand with unparalleled experience in the raw juice bar industry, Juice It Up! has been included in Fast Casual’s 2017 Top 100 Movers & Shakers List, Franchise Times’ 2017 Top 200+ Franchise Chains, named a 2018 “Best for Vets” Franchise by Military Times, ranked “Top 3” Smoothies/Juices franchises in Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2018 Annual Franchise 500® List, and named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2017 Best Food Franchises and Top Franchises for Veterans. For more information about becoming a Juice It Up! franchise partner, visit www.juiceitupfranchise.com.