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Over the next four years, the cold-pressed juice market could be worth up to $8.1 billion, nearly doubling from just $4.3 billion in 2017, according to Wintergreen Research. Plus, according to Transparency Market Research, “A  growing consumer base spending on lifestyle products, heightened sense of health awareness, maximum health benefits offered by these juices, rising disposable income of people, and an expanding population base are some of the key factors contributing toward the growth of the cold pressed juice market globally. The popularity of liquid “cleanses”, coupled with the obsession with looking slim and fit are fueling demand.” Made by pressing juice from vegetables and fruits, such juices are quickly becoming popular because they contain such high amounts of nutrients. “Traditional juice is made by using a centrifugal juicer, which uses fast spinning blades to extract the juice from the fruits and vegetables. The heat generated from the blades and spinning instrument actually breaks down the enzymes and nutrients that consumers want from the produce. Cold-pressed juice, however, uses hydraulic pressing as that process fully preserves the nutrients of the produce,” reports Maglio Companies. As the cold-pressed juice market becomes popular, some of the top companies to keep an eye on include Better Plant Sciences Inc

At its Design District headquarters, Buda Juice hand-presses produce and hand-bottles juices that it sells at nine North Texas stores.The company considers fresh and organic products its hallmark, which is why it uses locally-sourced organic produce, kept at 34 degrees or below as it is washed and pressed into juice. Everything sold by Buda Juice also comes in a glass container to keep juices free from impurities like petrochemicals that may seep in from plastic bottles.To preserve that idea of freshness, Buda Juice duplicated its Dallas juicing kitchen in Toronto, where it just opened four new stores, its first location outside of North Texas. Both kitchens make and deliver juice to stores daily.

Buda Juice is offering takeout, curbside and delivery via Caviar, DoorDash, Favor, Postmates and UberEats. The menu includes Cold-Pressed Juices and Handmade Plant Milks.

“We came up with the concept of a natural juice bar where we juice raw, organic juices onsite, with the cold-pressed juice on one side of the café and a craft coffee bar on the other,” Ben Johnson says. “We saw that there was nothing else like that in Dallas and not a lot of that going on anywhere in the country.”To stay in business and compete in the now-crowded local marketplace, each juice bar in the Dallas area has to carve out a niche. For every juice bar that closes, like the Oak Lawn outpost of Austin-based Daily Juice or the short-lived Roots on Tap in Exposition Park, a new juice bar opens that offers something the others don’t.I Am The Juice Place, which opened downtown last summer, is the only Dallas establishment that provides cold-pressed juice made to order in front of the customer. Buda Juice, with a kitchen in the Dallas Design District and several grab-and-go locations across the city, is the only Dallas juice bar to cold-press at an optimal 35 degrees. I Love Juice Bar, a Nashville-based startup with several locations opening in and around Dallas this year, offers plenty of snacks, seating and 64-oz. glass growlers for refills. Boom Juice, another young Dallas business, sells an extensive and rotating menu of cold-pressed, low-fruit juices at the Saint Michael’s Farmers Market. For the most part, the businesses peacefully and supportively coexist. However, Johnson says that Local Press + Brew has filed a lawsuit against Brewed + Pressed, which opened in West Village last year, for trademark infringement.“The first week we were open, the owners of Brewed + Pressed came in, asked all sorts of questions and checked us out,” Johnson says. “About a year and a half later, they opened with a very similar name.”The concept, too, looked familiar: a health-focused juice bar and coffee shop with an Instagrammable interior and a menu of plant-based fare. “We didn’t have any problem with them opening with a similar concept,” Johnson says. “We even sent them so many really nice letters being like, ‘Hey, we really want to encourage raw, organic juice and plant-based food concepts; we just ask that you change your name because it’s really confusing to the consumer.’ And we feel there were no ethical responses that we got back from them as to why they’re doing what they’re doing.”

help from the federal government.Share:ShareTweetEmailHOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Texas Restaurant Association is asking congress for more COVID-19 relief as more than 10,000 restaurants in the state have shut down due to the pandemic, and many more are in jeopardy as they brace for tougher months.Michael Shine, owner of Frank's Americana Revival, said the restaurant's revenue is down more than 45% compared to last year. He said December is usually the make-or-break month for restaurant and retail stores."We're blessed, but we're still down," Shine said. "We're in trouble no matter what because we are so desperately deep. You have restaurants down 40 to 50%, and in some cases $700,000 to $800,000 in decline in revenue."According to the Texas Restaurant Association, 30% of Texas restaurant owners said it is unlikely their restaurant will still be in business six months from now if congress fails to pass another relief bill."You can easily be expecting when you drive down the road, every time you count four restaurants, one of them is going to be closed," said Melissa Stewart, the executive director of Texas Restaurant Association of Greater Houston and Southeast Texas Region. "That is not hyperbole, that is what we are hearing across the United States and here in our Houston market."According to Houston's Small Business Administration, sources have noted more than 2,000 local businesses have shut down permanently and roughly 1,000 more have closed temporarily since the pandemic hit Houston.More than 126,000 businesses in the Houston District received SBA Paycheck Protection Program loans, and another 110,000 received SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help stabilize their businesses and keep employees on the payroll.Deputy District Director Mark Winchester said there are several resources and financial support available for small business owners."The economic injury disaster loan is still available," Winchester said. "Small businesses can still apply through Dec. 31."Arlene Ramirez, Hilton College Instructional Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, said local hotels have seen an increase in bookings recently.However, it doesn't make up for the loss in revenue.Ramirez said, according to recent reports, it could take up to 2024 for the hotel industry to recover to "pre-covid" earnings."The hotel and restaurants can help you have a Christmas function with the proper distancing. There's plenty of space," Ramirez said. "If we really want to help our hotels and our restaurants, go out and venture and talk to them. Call them up, ask them what their protocol is and they'll tell you."Shine also suggested for the holidays for people to buy gift cards or order curbside from their favorite local restaurants and stores to help them stay open."Our elected officials are going to have to come to the table and at least get through the next phase," Shine said, "Fortunately, I think with the vaccine and where we're moving in that area, and the little customer confidence returning that we are seeing, I think next year we will be in a much better position."Follow Roxie Bustamante on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram