If you’ve driven past a Salad and Go this week and noticed the line wrapped around the building, you’re not imagining things. People are showing up for one last bowl before it’s gone for good. The Phoenix-based drive-thru chain announced this week that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will permanently shut down every single one of its locations, with the final meals served on Wednesday, August 5. For a brand that once looked like it was going to be the next big thing in fast food, this is a pretty abrupt ending.
Salad and Go started small back in 2013 in Gilbert, Arizona, built around a simple idea: healthy, drive-thru-only food that didn’t cost more than a fast food combo meal. It worked, at least for a…