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Clean Juice location on 28th Street SE drops off Kent County's active license list

Clean Juice location on 28th Street SE drops off Kent County's active license list

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The juice bar's license status is unclear; county records give no date and the business may still be open.

Today: Missing from second straight reading

Overview

Updated 1 hour ago

Clean Juice at 5563 28th St SE in Grand Rapids has dropped off Kent County's active food establishment license list. It appeared on the list when first checked Aug 27 and last showed Sept 30; it is now missing from two straight readings of the county's inspections database.

The county publishes no license date, so the gap could mean a lapse, a renewal in progress, a data error, or a closure. The business may still be trading; the only certain change is that its active status is no longer in the public record.

Why it matters

If the listing gap marks a real closure, residents near 28th Street SE lose their neighborhood juice bar — the public record can't yet confirm it.

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Key Indicators

2
Readings missing the listing
The location was absent from Kent County's active license list on two consecutive checks after last appearing Sept 30.
Sept 30, 2026
Last appearance on active list
The location's final recorded reading on Kent County's list.

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Organizations Involved

Timeline

August 2026 October 2026

3 events Latest: Today
  1. Missing from second straight reading

    Today Record

    The location is absent from the active list for a second consecutive check.

  2. Last appearance on active list

    Record

    The location shows on the active list for the final recorded reading.

  3. Location on active license list

    Record

    Clean Juice at 5563 28th St SE appears on Kent County's active food license list on first reading.

Scenarios

1

Clean Juice Cascade confirms closure

Likely Resolves by Apr 30, 2027

Discussed by: Local business watchers tracking Kent County's license list (e.g., MLive, Grand Rapids Business Journal)

The most common reason a food business vanishes from an active license list is that it stopped needing the license because it shut down. If that's what happened, the storefront at 5563 28th St SE will go dark, the franchise's store locator will drop the location, or a local outlet will report the closure. None of that is confirmed yet, and the record explicitly leaves open the possibility the business is still trading.

2

Clean Juice returns to Kent County's active license list

Possible Resolves by Apr 30, 2027

Discussed by: Anyone monitoring the county inspections list

A license can drop off the list because of a renewal in progress, a paperwork delay, or a data error, with the business continuing to operate. If that's the case, the location will reappear on the county's active list once the renewal is processed. A new or reinstated license would show the disappearance was not a closure.

Historical Context

2 moments from history that rhyme with this story — and how they unfolded.

2016-2021

Subway's US franchise shrink (2016-2021)

Subway, at its peak the largest US restaurant chain, closed thousands of locations over several years. Many closures surfaced through franchise locator listings and local health records long before any company announcement.

Then

Franchise owners bore the losses; the parent company acknowledged the decline only in annual figures.

Now

Became a case study in how a franchise brand can shrink store by store with little public notice.

Why this matters now

Shows how a franchise location's absence from a public registry is often the first clue to a closure that no one announces.

Jan-Apr 2023

Bed Bath & Beyond's 2023 liquidation

As the home-goods chain slid toward bankruptcy, customers discovered closures through going-out-of-business signs and store-locator removals rather than corporate announcements. Hundreds of stores shut in the first months of 2023 before the Chapter 11 filing in April.

Then

All stores liquidated and the chain wound down.

Now

Highlighted how retailers can vanish from listings and records before any formal word reaches customers.

Why this matters now

Parallels the Clean Juice case, where a store disappearing from a public list is an early signal, not a confirmation.

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