Article originally posted on AZ Central on September 29, 2026

Dutch Bros is again aiming to buy a handful of shuttered Salad and Go sites after being outbid by Arkansas-based 7 Brew for dozens of locations formerly operated by the closed salad drive-through.

The coffee company was among several businesses to submit bids to buy former Salad and Go locations that were not already sold in a bulk sale. Dirty soda company Swig, which has been steadily growing its Valley footprint, and 7 Brew also submitted bids to buy some of the remaining locations.

The Tempe-based coffee chain submitted a “stalking horse agreement” on five Salad and Go locations, all in the Phoenix metro, according to documents submitted to the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court. A stalking horse bid is an initial offer negotiated before an auction that establishes a minimum price for competing bids.

Dutch Bros offered $4 million for the five locations, which are in Mesa, Phoenix, Chandler, Tempe and Laveen. The five are among the remaining 49 locations that were not already purchased by 7 Brew at auction, according to court documents.

Swig submitted a $5.88 million stalking horse agreement to buy 11 Salad and Go sites. Of those, eight are in Arizona, seven in the Phoenix metro, one in Tucson, two are in Oklahoma and one is in Las Vegas. Swig is a soda shop that specializes in “dirty sodas” or sodas with mix-ins like fruit flavors or cream.

7 Brew also submitted another agreement to buy additional locations. According to documents submitted to the court, it is aiming to buy four more Salad and Go locations, two in the Valley and two in Texas, for $2 million.

Dutch Bros, 7 Brew or any other company could still bid on those sites or any of the remaining locations, which are in Arizona, Texas, Nevada and Oklahoma, when the sites go to auction.

Salad and Go abruptly closed all of its locations in early August and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Shortly following the bankruptcy filing, representatives from Salad and Go filed a purchase agreement with the court, announcing that Dutch Bros had submitted the best bid for many of the company’s assets. After the deal with Dutch Bros was made public, lawyers for 7 Brew attended a court hearing, claiming they had made a better bid to buy the shuttered drive-through sites. At the time, 7 Brew’s offer had not been made public.