Salad and Go is closing all locations in Oklahoma and Texas
Salad and Go, an Arizona-based salad chain, is shutting down all its locations in Oklahoma and Texas.
BREAKING. THIS IS KOCO FIVE NEWS AT SIX. LOOK AT THIS. THESE ARE THE SCENES ACROSS OKLAHOMA. PEOPLE HURT, HOMES DAMAGED, SOME DESTROYED. A HOTEL, A SCHOOL, DAMAGE TO A SEMI BLOWN OVER. WE HAVE POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IS STILL UNDERWAY. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT AFTER RARE JANUARY TORNADO. ZERO IN ON OKLAHOMA, STARTING WITH FUTURE FARMERS TURNED HOMETOWN HEROES AFTER A TORNADO HIT PURCELL. FFA STUDENTS ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES TO HELP OUT KOCO MEGHAN MOSLEY SHOWS US THE DAMAGE, THE CLEANUP, AND THE COMPASSION. IN THIS COMMUNITY, I MEAN, IT’S JUST IT’S GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE. THURSDAY MORNING, STORMS TESTED THE TOWN OF PURCELL, BUT ALSO REVEALED ITS HEART. AND THESE FFA STUDENTS ARE AT THE CENTER OF IT. JUST TELLS YOU LIKE WHAT THE AG PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT. IT’S SO IMPORTANT, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE THE BEST KIDS THAT YOU’LL EVER, EVER COME ACROSS. THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS HIT BY THE TORNADO. THE HOME ACROSS THE STREET FROM JENNIFER’S TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE, I GOT CALLED OUT OF CLASS AND I GOT THE NOTIFICATION ON MY PHONE. AND IT’S A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS, SO WE HAD TO COME OUT HERE AND HELP. FROM BLUE JACKETS TO WORK GLOVES, THESE FFA STUDENTS TRADED TEXTBOOKS FOR TEAMWORK, PICKING UP ALL THE STUFF THAT THE THAT THE TORNADO HIT. WE JUST BEEN GOING AROUND OVER HERE PICKING UP SHINGLES AND WOOD AND EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN FIND. FOR JENNIFER, WHO HAD MINIMAL TORNADO DAMAGE TO HER HOME, SAYS IT’S A REMINDER THESE STUDENTS DON’T JUST GROW CROPS, BUT COMPASSION. I GOT ONE PHONE CALL AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE WITH ALL THIS HELP. SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT. I MEAN, I’VE KNOWN THESE PEOPLE SINCE I WAS IN FOURTH GRADE, AND I JUST TRY TO HELP OUT THE BEST I CAN WITH THE ABILITY MEGHAN MOSLEY KOCO 5 NEWS THOSE ARE SOME GOOD OKLAHOMA KIDS. THEY ARE RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TORNADO IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES THIS YEAR. OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST DAMON LANE JOINING US RIGHT NOW. DAMON, YOU WERE HERE TRACKING THIS TORNADO AS IT MOVED IN. WE CERTAINLY KNEW THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY EARLY THIS MORNING FOR SOMETHING BRIEF TO SPIN UP HERE. AND SO THESE ARE THE TORNADO WARNINGS, NOT ONLY FOR TODAY, BUT SO FAR THIS YEAR. SO STARTED ACTUALLY JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF I-35, CROSSING PURCELL. THEN ANOTHER STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO THERE GOING UP INTO POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. ALSO TORNADO WARNING THERE IN HUGHES COUNTY. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TORNADO WARNING SO FAR THIS YEAR, YOU GOT TO LOOK CLOSELY. YOU’LL SEE A FEW TORNADO WARNINGS HERE IN OKLAHOMA AND THEN ONE THERE IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. BUT NOW THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE 60S. IT WAS ANOTHER REALLY WARM DAY. TODAY, 70 DEGREES FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE. BUT BIG CHANGES ARE BLOWING IN TONIGHT WHILE YOU’RE ASLEEP. COLD FRONT NOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO EL RENO, OKARCHE AND KINGFISHER. THAT WILL COME INTO THE METRO HERE PRETTY SOON. LOOK AT THE COLDER AIR UP TO THE NORTHWEST. NOW. TORNADOES ARE CERTAINLY NOT UNHEARD OF IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY IN OKLAHOMA, BUT THEY TYPICALLY OCCUR IN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. WHEN YOU LOOK AT I-35 AND WEST, THE LAST TIME WE HAD A TORNADO WARNING ISSUED IN JANUARY WAS BACK IN 2008. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE NOW. OUR COVERAGE IS NOW HEADED TO SHAWNEE, WHERE DAMAGE SURVEYS ARE UNDERWAY. THE AREA, CERTAINLY NO STRANGER TO TORNADOES, MANY STILL DEALING WITH DEVASTATION BY AN EF TWO BACK IN 2023. OLIVIA HICKEY JOINS US LIVE. OLIVIA, YOU SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS TONIGHT. I DID, AND THEY SAID THAT TORNADO IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT’S HARD TO FORGET. AND WHEN SEVERE WEATHER ROLLS IN, LEAVING DAMAGE BEHIND LIKE WE SEE AT THE HOTEL HERE TODAY, THOSE MEMORIES COME RUSHING RIGHT BACK. ANOTHER TORNADO HIT THE CITY OF SHAWNEE THURSDAY WITH ABOUT 730 THIS MORNING, AND THE WIND WAS PICKING UP AND IT WAS RAINING REAL HARD WITH WIND GUSTS, AND I OPENED THE DOORS. MY DOG WOULDN’T GO OUT AND I COULD SEE THE TREES BENDING. RESIDENTS WE SPOKE WITH SAY THURSDAY MORNING STARTED WITH SIGNS DOWN AND LIMBS SCATTERED THAT DAMAGE MINIMAL COMPARED TO THE ROOF OF THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ON NORTH UNION AVENUE GETTING RIPPED APART NEARBY. WE CAPTURED A BOX TRUCK TURNED OVER. HOTEL EMPLOYEES TELL US ALL OF THEIR GUESTS WERE MOVED TO SAFE ROOMS. THE HOTEL IS STILL OPEN, BUT THE FOURTH FLOOR IS CLOSED OFF UNTIL FRIDAY, THE CITY REPORTS NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES. IT IS SCARY, BUT YOU KNOW, BEING A NATIVE AMERICAN, WE’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SCARED OF THE STORM. SO I TELL MYSELF, DON’T BE SCARED. LIFELONG RESIDENT VICKY WILSON HAS SEEN SHAWNEE THROUGH ITS STORMS, AND WHEN A TORNADO HIT SHAWNEE THURSDAY MORNING, IT WAS NO DIFFERENT. BEEN THROUGH ALMOST ALL THE TORNADOES THAT WAS THERE BUT NEVER WAS CAUGHT IN ONE YET. BUT THIS MORNING IT WAS A LITTLE CLOSER THAN THAT, BUT IT WAS COMING FROM TECUMSEH TAKING IN THE DESTRUCTION THURSDAY AFTERNOON BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM THE PAST, MOST RECENTLY AN EF TWO TORNADO THAT DEVASTATED THE CITY BACK IN 2023. YOU CAN HEAR IT COMING DOWN MAIN STREET. I HAD TO HURRY AND GET MY CAT LOOKING TO THE PRESENT. THERE IS A TORNADO COULD HIT THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR, FOLLOWED BY RELIEF THAT EVERYONE IS OKAY. THE CITY OF SHAWNEE TELLS ME THEY’RE IN THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS OF ASSESSING ALL THE DAMAGE ACROSS THE CITY. THEY ARE ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO REPORT ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE. THAT INFORMATION NOW LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE, KOCO.COM. REPORTING LIVE IN SHAWNEE OLIVIA HICKEY, KOCO FIVE NEWS THAT PEOPLE DO THAT. OLIVIA. THANK YOU. IN EDMOND, A TREE CAME DOWN ON A WOMAN WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. IT HAPPENED ABOUT 730 THIS MORNING NEAR BROADWAY AND KOVAL. DURING THOSE STORMS, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A HEAD INJURY. BUT POLICE SAY SHE WAS ALERT ON SCENE. A SECOND CAR WAS ALSO DAMAGED WHEN THAT TREE CAME DOWN, BUT NO ONE WAS HURT THERE. AND AGAIN, A GOOD REMINDER. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE KOCO APP SO YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH THE WEATHER. I WAS TRUSTING THIS ALL MORNING MAKING SURE THAT MY ALERTS WERE TURNED ON, AND YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE THERE IF YOU LOSE POWER, WHICH SO MANY THOUSANDS OF YOU DID, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE RIGHT NOW. TWO PARENTS IN JAIL, A CHILD MISSING, AND A COMMUNITY ON EDGE TONIGHT. KOCO CAMERAS ON SCENE AS MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SEARCHED A PROPERTY RELATED TO A MISSING CHICKASHA BOY. THIS IS OFF 2730 AND COUNTY ROAD 1410, IN CADDO COUNTY. 12 YEAR OLD RYAN RJ DAVIS HAS NOT BEEN SEEN IN SIX DAYS. AND TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BOY WAS NOT SAFE AT HOME. KOCO KYLIE THOMAS JOINS US LIVE FROM OSBI HEADQUARTERS. KYLIE. THE COMMUNITY IS DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS TONIGHT, BUT MOST OF ALL, THEY JUST WANT TO FIND THIS LITTLE BOY. 12 YEAR OLD RJ DAVIS VANISHED FROM CHICKASHA ON JANUARY 2ND. AND TODAY, THE POLICE CHIEF MADE AN EMOTIONAL PLEA TO HELP FIND HIM. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS LITTLE BOY? 12 YEAR OLD RYAN DAVIS OR RJ HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE JANUARY 2ND, WHERE HE WAS LAST SPOTTED OUTSIDE THIS HOTEL IN CHICKASHA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIS MOM AND STEPDAD, KIMBERLY AND GEORGE COLE, WERE ARRESTED ON COMPLAINTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD SEX ABUSE. IT WAS NOT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR HIM. SO THAT’S WHY THESE TWO PARENTS ARE BEHIND BARS. OSBI AND CHICKASHA POLICE BELIEVE THE 12 YEAR OLD BOY IS STILL ALIVE. TODAY, THEIR EMOTIONAL PLEA TO FIND HIM. HERE’S WHAT I NEED FROM EVERYBODY LISTENING. THIS CHILD WILL NOT BE GOING BACK TO THAT HOME. ALL WE WANT TO DO IS LAY EYES ON THIS CHILD. GET HIM THE MEDICAL CARE THAT HE NEEDS, AND ASSURE HIM, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, HE WILL NOT BE RETURNING BACK TO THAT. THAT ENVIRONMENT. WE JUST WANT TO FIND HIM SAFE. WE’RE REALLY WORRIED. COMMUNITY SEARCH GROUPS ARE NOW POPPING UP, INCLUDING THIS ONE. FIND RJ DAVIS. VOLUNTEERS SAY THEY’RE HERE TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, FIND RJ. I THINK THE URGENCY TO JUST GET HIM SOME SAFETY, ESPECIALLY KNOWING WHAT HE’S PROBABLY BEEN THROUGH IN HIS LIFE, JUST JUST FEELS ALL THE MORE URGENT BECAUSE WE DON’T KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENED. NOW AGAIN, RJ WAS LAST SEEN ON JANUARY 2ND WEARING A RED AND BLACK PLAID SHIRT, DARK COLORED JEANS AND BROWN STEEL TOED BOOTS. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, YOU’RE ASKED T
Salad and Go is closing all locations in Oklahoma and Texas
Salad and Go, an Arizona-based salad chain, is shutting down all its locations in Oklahoma and Texas.
Updated: 6:36 PM CST Jan 8, 2026
Salad and Go, an Arizona-based salad chain, is closing all its locations in Oklahoma and Texas, affecting 32 sites as the company shifts its focus to western states. >> Open the video player above for more top headlines. “It’s terribly sad,” Austin Cook, a customer, said. “I’m going to get the plane ticket to Arizona, I guess.” Nutritionists have highlighted the impact of these closures, emphasizing the need for more healthy food options. “The social determinants of health is definitely a thing. Food accessibility is definitely a thing, and historically, there are food deserts in Oklahoma specifically Oklahoma City metro area,” nutritionist Uma Callins said. >> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning NewsletterDespite the closures, alternatives are available. “Think about Cava, Chipotle,” Callins said. “But they have the ability to allow you to really customize what you’re ordering and still be able to have that balanced meal. So, those places are definitely still available.”>> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.For those who may not have access to restaurants, Callins said to work with what you have. “If you have accessibility to canned goods and frozen goods, things that are boxed, that’s perfectly fine, because it is better to get those nutrients versus not to get them at all,” Callins said. But the closures are leaving customers sad and without their favorite stop. “This is, like, my favorites when I first saw them open,” customer Sarah Simon said.Top Headlines Tornadoes in Oklahoma: Damage left behind in Purcell; several warnings issued during morning storms OSBI: Parents of missing 12-year-old Chickasha boy arrested on abuse complaints What we know about the woman killed in the Minneapolis ICE shooting A look at fraud allegations, ICE deployment and deadly shooting in Minneapolis Sky 5 shows damage left behind after tornado hits Purcell
Salad and Go, an Arizona-based salad chain, is closing all its locations in Oklahoma and Texas, affecting 32 sites as the company shifts its focus to western states.
>> Open the video player above for more top headlines.
“It’s terribly sad,” Austin Cook, a customer, said. “I’m going to get the plane ticket to Arizona, I guess.”
Nutritionists have highlighted the impact of these closures, emphasizing the need for more healthy food options.
“The social determinants of health is definitely a thing. Food accessibility is definitely a thing, and historically, there are food deserts in Oklahoma specifically Oklahoma City metro area,” nutritionist Uma Callins said.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning Newsletter
Despite the closures, alternatives are available.
“Think about Cava, Chipotle,” Callins said. “But they have the ability to allow you to really customize what you’re ordering and still be able to have that balanced meal. So, those places are definitely still available.”
>> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
For those who may not have access to restaurants, Callins said to work with what you have.
“If you have accessibility to canned goods and frozen goods, things that are boxed, that’s perfectly fine, because it is better to get those nutrients versus not to get them at all,” Callins said.
But the closures are leaving customers sad and without their favorite stop.
“This is, like, my favorites when I first saw them open,” customer Sarah Simon said.
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