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Jugo Juice vs. Booster Juice
This will be a semi-regular event here on Anywhere There's Food. This week we're comparing the smoothies of Jugo Juice against the smoothies of Booster Juice.
The first place we went to was Jugo Juice, a kiosk at Guildford Town Center located upstairs in the mallway between Motherhood and Aldo's, near the Bay. The service was phenomenal. There was no line-up so we stood back a little and ordered three "snackies"--their smallest size smoothie at 14 ounces. Jugo Juice has a lovely selection; 26 smoothies, seven different juices, eight grilled wraps and 3 grilled flatbreads. They're tops in nutrition, too, as their information pamphlet, displayed prominently for one to take home, is quick to point out. They boast five plus servings of fruit and are 100% sorbet free, using instead 100% pure, unsweetened juice.
There were two servers behind the counter. We ordered a Copa Banana (banana, pineapple, tropical nectar and a hint of coconut), a Pineapple Powerzone (strawberries, pineapple, tropical nectar, and orange juice), and for my brother-in-law, a Caramel Buzz (banana, low-fat frozen yogurt, caramel, and iced coffee). All three orders were taken, filled and we were walking away from the counter in two and a half minutes. The bill came to $13.78.
Then we went to Booster Juice, located unhelpfully twenty minutes away at 12080 Nordel Way, just down a few doors from Shoppers Drug Mart. When we got back home we discovered one much closer, at 10153 King George Blvd, in the Central City Shopping Center, but of course it never occurred to us to check before we went. My sister works near there, we saw it, and that was that. If you're closer to Guildford go to the Central City one, and here is why:
When we walked in there was a couple of people ahead of us and one girl behind the counter. No one else. She would take an order, take the money for it, fill the order, and go on to the next person. This meant, of course, that each customer had to wait before they could even give their order. As others came in, the wait got longer. She wasn't slow, but they really needed another person there to get the orders out. I tried to ask her why there she was the only server there, but she looked at me like she didn't understand what I was asking. She was busy, like I said. It made me wonder if someone had phoned in sick, they weren't doing well financially and could only afford to have one person on, on a hot Saturday afternoon, or if someone in charge was a cheapskate. It seems to have a similar number of smoothies, wraps and stuff, in addition to quesadillas, but we really couldn't tell because there was no brochure that would tell us and we weren't about to stand and count the menu items posted on the huge menu board. We asked for, in 12 ounce size (their smallest), a Canadian Colada (pineapple, coconut, bananas and frozen yogurt), a Pineapple Freeze (Pineapples, bananas, strawberries and vanilla frozen yogurt), and a Mean Mocha (frozen yogurt and iced mocha; not sure of all the ingredients) for my brother-in-law. It took fifteen minutes for the order to be filled, paid for, and given to us. The bill came to $12.60. This is actually very close to Jugo Juice, which was marginally more expensive but also was larger by two ounces per small container. I didn't get the comparable prices for the 24 ounce, a size identical in both places. My bad.
For Jugo Juice, calories per 14 oz. (snackie) is as follows:
Copa Banana--189 calories
Pineapple Powerzone--136 calories
Caramel Buzz--305 calories
For Booster Juice, calories per 12 oz. is as follows:
Canadian Colada--266 calories
Pineapple Freeze--203 calories
Mean Mocha--a whopping 362 calories
Jugo Juice vs. Booster Juice
This will be a semi-regular event here on Anywhere There's Food. This week we're comparing the smoothies of Jugo Juice against the smoothies of Booster Juice.
The first place we went to was Jugo Juice, a kiosk at Guildford Town Center located upstairs in the mallway between Motherhood and Aldo's, near the Bay. The service was phenomenal. There was no line-up so we stood back a little and ordered three "snackies"--their smallest size smoothie at 14 ounces. Jugo Juice has a lovely selection; 26 smoothies, seven different juices, eight grilled wraps and 3 grilled flatbreads. They're tops in nutrition, too, as their information pamphlet, displayed prominently for one to take home, is quick to point out. They boast five plus servings of fruit and are 100% sorbet free, using instead 100% pure, unsweetened juice. There were two servers behind the counter. We ordered a Copa Banana (banana, pineapple, tropical nectar and a hint of coconut), a Pineapple Powerzone (strawberries, pineapple, tropical nectar, and orange juice), and for my brother-in-law, a Caramel Buzz (banana, low-fat frozen yogurt, caramel, and iced coffee). All three orders were taken, filled and we were walking away from the counter in two and a half minutes. The bill came to $13.78.
Then we went to Booster Juice, located unhelpfully twenty minutes away at 12080 Nordel Way, just down a few doors from Shoppers Drug Mart. When we got back home we discovered one much closer, at 10153 King George Blvd, in the Central City Shopping Center, but of course it never occurred to us to check before we went. My sister works near there, we saw it, and that was that. If you're closer to Guildford go to the Central City one, and here is why:
When we walked in there was a couple of people ahead of us and one girl behind the counter. No one else. She would take an order, take the money for it, fill the order, and go on to the next person. This meant, of course, that each customer had to wait before they could even give their order. As others came in, the wait got longer. She wasn't slow, but they really needed another person there to get the orders out. I tried to ask her why there she was the only server there, but she looked at me like she didn't understand what I was asking. She was busy, like I said. It made me wonder if someone had phoned in sick, they weren't doing well financially and could only afford to have one person on, on a hot Saturday afternoon, or if someone in charge was a cheapskate. It seems to have a similar number of smoothies, wraps and stuff, in addition to quesadillas, but we really couldn't tell because there was no brochure that would tell us and we weren't about to stand and count the menu items posted on the huge menu board. We asked for, in 12 ounce size (their smallest), a Canadian Colada (pineapple, coconut, bananas and frozen yogurt), a Pineapple Freeze (Pineapples, bananas, strawberries and vanilla frozen yogurt), and a Mean Mocha (frozen yogurt and iced mocha; not sure of all the ingredients) for my brother-in-law. It took fifteen minutes for the order to be filled, paid for, and given to us. The bill came to $12.60. This is actually very close to Jugo Juice, which was marginally more expensive but also was larger by two ounces per small container. I didn't get the comparable prices for the 24 ounce, a size identical in both places. My bad.
For Jugo Juice, calories per 14 oz. (snackie) is as follows:
Copa Banana--189 calories
Pineapple Powerzone--136 calories
Caramel Buzz--305 calories
For Booster Juice, calories per 12 oz. is as follows:
Canadian Colada--266 calories
Pineapple Freeze--203 calories
Mean Mocha--a whopping 362 calories
~~Taste~~
A quick look at the calorie count will tell you which chain our tastebuds preferred. Loaded up with a frozen yogurt reminicent of ice-cream, Booster Juice tasted best to us, hands down. But Jugo Juice was a close second, and nutritionally speaking is clearly superior for the same price. We must remember what these businesses are selling--yummy health. So I am going to take the moral high ground, healthwise, and announce Jugo Juice as the winner.
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