# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-05-07T14:57:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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Chapel Hill is set to be home to the first franchise location in North Carolina of an Ohio-based smoothie bar.

Pulp Juice & Smoothie Bar is preparing to join the Franklin Street business scene, taking up shop at 100 West Franklin Street at the corner of Franklin and Columbia Streets. The business — which has most of its 60 locations in Ohio, and has branched out to Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and West Virginia — is known for its smoothies, juices, blended bowls, and healthy lifestyle food options.

Alexandra Smith, who is the manager and co-owner of the Chapel Hill location, confirmed the plans with Chapelboro and described the business venture as a family affair with her husband, Nathan, and her father, Bill Brooks. The family has ties to North Carolina, but the Pulp Juice franchise represents their first foray into Chapel Hill — and to running a Pulp. Smith said she and her husband fondly remember having Pulp smoothies and juices when going to college at Kent State, which is one of the business’ first locations. After connecting with its owner, Thom Knepp, they realized their parents knew each other and a friendship bloomed.

Smith said Knepp approached them about exploring a Pulp Juice expansion to North Carolina and the group targeted Chapel Hill last summer. When she, Nathan, and their infant child visited in August 2023, they dropped by the UNC campus and realized this was the spot for them.
Before long, the Smith and Brooks family were shown the 100 West Franklin Street space after their broker had been scouting locations. Brooks described the process — both from Pulp’s perspective and landlords Gordon and LeAnn Brown’s side — as thorough and patient. He said the Browns’ are bought in based on their excitement about both the model and the product.

“We were able to put a great team together,” Brooks said, “and we were able to find one of the best locations in all of Chapel Hill, as far as I’m concerned.”

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