Just Salad Is Really Pushing Salad With Its Unlimited Bowl | Eater Philly

"Located at Penn at 3728 Spruce Street, the new University City Just Salad opened last week as the chain’s second Philadelphia location. I found it to be a fast-casual eatery that offers more than salad—wraps, hot bowls, smoothies, and avocado toast are all on the menu—but for those committed to salads the restaurant is running a May promotion: buy its reusable Unlimited Salad Bowl for $99 and get a free salad every day in May. With 31 days that works out to about $3.19 per salad (20 days would be about $4.95), although orders for the Unlimited Salad Bowls have to be in by April 25 and the bowls are sold only through Just Salad’s website, so there’s a shipping fee plus tax. Just Salad’s suggested combos, like the Tokyo Supergreens with kale, spinach, grilled chicken, carrot-edamame slaw, broccoli, and avocado, are included in the promotion, or you can build your own with four toppings and one protein. Since most salads usually cost $9–$11, I think it’s a decent deal that also reduces plastic waste, but of course you could buy the bowl intending daily salads and only use it once, which would make it an expensive pile of spring mix. The company, which started in New York in 2006 and now has 34 locations, also sells a $1 reusable bowl that gets free toppings and says its program saves 75,000 pounds of plastic every year." - Rachel Vigoda