Main Street Minute: Smoothie franchise expanding in Arizona

KTAR’s Main Street Minute focuses on local businesses that are hiring, opening and hosting events across the community. These stories air each weekday on KTAR at 7:27 a.m.

• Smoothie Factory Juice Bar has reached an agreement to open seven more stores in Arizona, joining one already in Tucson. Other sites have yet to be announced.

• Vonage is acquiring Scottsdale-based Telesphere Networks for $114 million. Telesphere provides cloud communications solutions in the business sector.

• Einstein Brothers is hiring team members for several locations. Positions are part-time.