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once had more than 1,200 
employees and seven locations: 
West Bloomfield, Ann Arbor, 
Northville, Plymouth, South 
Lyon, Commerce Township 
and Union Lake. Hiller’s 
was sold to Kroger in 2015. 
After that, Justin worked 
with Gleaners Community 
Food Bank to help launch a 
neighborhood mobile grocery 
program and as a stewardship 
administrator.
“The food service industry 
has played an integral role in 
my life and I have a passion 
for the retail food space,” he 
said. “I’m excited to offer fresh, 
healthy food to this communi-
ty again.”
Justin grew up in Franklin, 
attended Temple Beth El 
and graduated from Albion 
College. He first learned about 
Saladworks and Frutta Bowls 
in a magazine article and flew 
to Philly to tour the compa-
ny’s corporate office. He is 
now Michigan’s first franchise 
owner and the first to bring the 
two brands together. 
Founded in 1986, Salad-
works is the nation’s leading 
fast-casual, create-your-own 
salad destination, with more 
than 150 locations across 
18 states and two countries. 
Saladworks encourages guests 
to be original, giving them the 
option to choose from salads, 
warm grain bowls or wraps, 
along with an endless array of 
fresh vegetables, fruits, proteins 
and delicious dressings. 
The company spent years 
creating a menu that caters to 
a wide variety of nutritional 
and dietary needs from veg-
etarian and vegan to Keto, 
Paleo and Whole 30. The 
menu includes 12 chef-created 
signature salads, or guests can 
build their own with a base of 
greens, grains (or both) and 

their choice of 65+ ingredients. 
There’s also a children’s menu. 
Frutta Bowls was founded 
in 2016, offering plant-based, 
whole-food ingredients in cus-
tomizable bowls and smooth-
ies. “It’s a healthy superfood 
smoothie base,” Hiller said. “I 
like what that brings to break-
fast, lunch, a snack or a meal 
replacement.”
While COVID-19 has made 
it a difficult time for restau-
rants, carry-out and delivery 
have become popular options. 
Saladworks and Frutta Bowls 
offers dine-in, carry-out, 
curbside pickup and delivery 
through DoorDash, Grubhub 
and Uber Eats. There’s also a 
catering menu with sandwich 
trays, large or individual salads, 
and more, plus an app where 
customers earn points and get 
rewards. The new restaurant is 
currently hiring.
On a recent weekday, team 
members were busy filling 
in-store and online delivery 
orders and gathering ingredi-
ents from a seemingly endless 
salad and smoothie bar that 
stretches almost the entire 
length of the store. Hours are 
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 
8 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
on Sundays. Hiller’s goal is 
to open additional locations 
across Michigan.
“
As someone who is commit-
ted to eating healthy and living 
an active lifestyle, the oppor-
tunity to offer the community 
two health-conscious dining 
options is extremely exciting 
and humbling,” he said. 

Saladworks and Frutta Bowls is locat-

ed at 4301 Orchard Lake Road in West 

Bloomfield. To learn more or place 

an online order, visit saladworks.com 

(and search Saladworks Crosswinds 

Mall), or call (248) 499-6992. 

A Frutta Bowls 
acai bowl

A Saladworks 
salad

Storefront

