With new owner Blackstone, Tropical Smoothie Cafe is confident it can speed up growth as a major national marketing push gets underway. Blackstone’s buy captures the Deal of the Year in the 13th ...

About five months after departing from Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Charles Watson is taking the helm at Smalls Sliders.

Charles Watson, who led Tropical Smoothie Cafe for more than six years and shepherded it through its acquisition by Blackstone, is joining Smalls Sliders as CEO, according to a press release ...