In a world full of unhealthy fast food joints, Mingle Juice Bar is an oasis of clean, healthy eating. Our delicious array of juices, smoothies, acai bowls, soups, salads and other scrumptious goods help you live a healthier, happier life. We have just opened our first location in Glenview, Illinois and need your help as we fund a new machine that will allow us to pump out even more nutrition-packed juice for you.

The Mingle Juice Bar was built around one worthy mission: providing a healthy food option for health-conscious people. A growing number of Americans are pledging to get fit, but busy schedules and convenient, yet unhealthy fast food options can derail the best of intentions.

Juicing and smoothie-making has entered the wellness scene over the years, gaining popularity with its great taste and health benefits. But making juices and smoothies requires a lot of effort. Finding recipes you enjoy, searching for ingredients, measuring proportions, and washing, peeling, cutting, and blending the produce all result in a time-consuming – not to mention expensive – process.

At Mingle, we take the legwork out of that process. Our products are made in-house and ready to be picked up by you whenever you want a nutritious pick-me-up. Founder Kim King, a juicing and smoothie queen and practicing health coach crafts all of our recipes. And all the benefits of our delicacies are backed by co-founder Leslie Mendoza Temple, MD, an integrative physician whose focus is on nutrition and wellness.

Our products are artfully concocted and won’t be found at just any other juice bar. And they are made with locally sourced, non-GMO, organic produce whenever possible. We offer a variety of refreshing beverages and treats including:

Visit our website, minglejuicebar.com, for more information.

Between our opening date on July 9, 2014 and November 24,2014, we made a 4.5-month net sales of $69K. Because of our unique location amid a mixed residential and business area, we have a wide range of customer demographics and opportunities. Our patrons love our product and are raving about it on our Yelp page.

In order to better serve our growing clientele, we will be introducing some exciting new services. Leveraging Kim’s current health coach training, we want to offer “Reboot” sessions, in which Kim will guide customers through tailored cleansing classes using our beneficial juices and smoothies. We are also looking to reach out more to the community, delivering our products right to your business meeting, yoga class or company lunch.

See what the press is saying about our company and our products:

Founders Dr. Leslie Mendoza Temple and Kim King met in 2011. At the time, Kim was struggling with weight issues and Leslie was stressed out with balancing work and family life. Together, the two sought out ways to get healthy and well. Kim had been juicing for a while and had come up with some delicious concoctions on her own. After tasting some, Leslie summoned Kim’s skills and the two decided to launch a location selling the tasty, helthy beverages.

Since starting Mingle Juice Bar, Kim has lost 100 pounds and counting while Leslie found a new avenue of health for herself as well as for her patients who wanted natural ways to gain health and energy. Leslie’s medical background helped her prove the health benefits of Mingle’s products while Kim’s recipes continued to be compared with competitors in the area for having the best taste and most creative recipes.

Leslie Mendoza Temple, MD, Co-Owner. Dr. Leslie has led a team of physicians and integrative healthcare practitioners on the north shore of Chicago for the past eight years. She is fellowship-trained in Integrative Medicine from the University of Arizona with an emphasis on nutrition, herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Functional Medicine, homeopathy, and mind-body approaches to health. She also teaches medical students and residents the art of Family and Integrative Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.  At Mingle, Leslie is in charge of marketing the business to the health community (nutritionists, patients, healthcare practitioners, physicians) and providing her nutrition and medical expertise where necessary. 

Kimberly King, Co-Owner. Kim is living proof of how effective a sensible plant based diet can be; she has lost and kept off more than 100 pounds from practicing juicing, eating sensibly and exercising. She is a self-taught juice and smoothie chef and is currently in training to receive her Health Coaching and Nutrition Certification by the University of Arizona. She was even the winner of the Team Reboot recipe challenge for best tasting juice in May 2013 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. Kim is responsible for the daily operations of Mingle Juice Bar, which include securing the best raw materials and ingredients for products, maintaining tight inventories, reducing waste and monitoring food safety.

Brigham Temple, Co-Owner. Brigham is a full-time Emergency Medicine physician. Other titles include Site Director of the Emergency Medicine Department at Skokie Hospital and Director of Emergency Preparedness for NorthShore University HealthSystem. Brigham runs the financial, operational and workflow analyses to keep Mingle Juice Bar on the correct growth trajectory through reduced cost and optimized workflows.

In order to continue to offer seasonal, locally sourced ingredients while meeting the demand of our raving customers, we are in need of a high volume juicer. This juicer can make 80 to 100 16 ounce cold-pressed bottles of juice per hour. This juicer would expand our current production 8-fold. The downside is that it costs $13,000 plus more for accessories.

So, with this Fundable raise, we are asking for your help in raising our goal of $15,000. All funds received will go toward the new juicer with anything leftover being put toward a delivery vehicle. We hope to meet and then exceed this fundraising goal greatly so we can also purchase a delivery vehicle.  We have received multiple requests from our customers for delivery, particularly during the cold winter months. 

To thank you for your contribution, we've lined up some great rewards. Check them out below!

Pledge $10+
Your name will be listed on our Facebook page and café wall with our gratitude! You’ll also get a high five from our Rawkstar staff as well as a handwritten note.

Pledge $25+
Score two large, 24-ounce juice smoothies (in-store only). You’ll also get a high five from our Rawkstar staff as well as a handwritten note.

Pledge $50+
Receive a punch card entitling you to five 16-ounce smoothies or juices. You’ll also get a high five from our Rawkstar staff as well as a handwritten note.

Pledge $75+
Receive two 24 oz juices or smoothies (in-store pickup only), a tote bag and a Mingle t-shirt. You’ll also get a high five from our Rawkstar staff as well as a handwritten note.

Pledge $150+
You've just scored a punch card entitling you to ten 16 oz smoothies or juices (in-store pickup), a tote bag, and a t-shirt! You’ll also get a high five from our Rawkstar staff as well as a handwritten note.

Pledge $400+
Lucky you! You're getting a Mingle Deluxe Swag Bag and a one-day juice cleanse (choose from Juice Only: 6 cold pressed juices or Juice 'Til Dinner: 4 cold-press juices and 1 salad+protein meal) delivered to you in the Chicagoland area by co-owner Leslie Mendoza Temple. Or you can have it shipped overnight to you via FedEx for free.

Pledge $500+
You just scored the Mingle Deluxe Swag Bag plus naming rights to a smoothie, juice, acai bowl or chia putting! With your input on ingredients, a delicious new creation will be named after you, a loved one or your company. It will be advertised on our website with your picture, logo and web link in our print and social media promotions for one year.

Pledge $503+
Receive a Mingle Deluxe Swag Bag plus your non-profit’s logo and link prominently displayed on our menus, website and Facebook for a year.

Pledge $1,800+                                                       Juice up your party (for up to 10 partygoers) at your place or ours with juice cocktails made fresh to order and light, healthy vegetarian fare. Price includes delivery and setup in the Chicagoland area. Plus, each partygoer will receive their own Mingle t-shirt and tote bag.

Pledge $2,700+
Yum! You're getting 18 cold-pressed juices (3-day supply) every month for a year! Personal delivery of monthly juice packages will be by co-owner Leslie Mendoza Temple or a fellow Mingle rawkstar in the Chicagoland area, time and weather permitting. You can also have these liquid treasures sent via Fed Ex overnight. Includes a Mingle Deluxe Swag Bag.

Pledge $10,000+
Score four Mingle Deluxe Swag bags, and a weekend with a health coach/master juicer! We'll come to you (anywhere in the continental U.S.) for a weekend, from Friday afternoon until Sunday, for you and your family. Friday activities include a healthy dinner, grocery shopping and meal planning. On Saturday and Sunday, enjoy a guided Juice Reboot with health coaching sessions, juicing lessons, and smoothie-making lessons.
Don’t have a juicer and/or blender? We’ll bring ‘em.

[Price includes 6 cold-pressed juices per day (or 4 cold-pressed juices and salad+protein meal per day for 3 days, for up to 4 people), a kitchen pantry overhaul, grocery store trip to source the best produce and ingredients, kitchen equipment shopping (you buy the equipment), juicing and smoothie-making lessons, and daily health coaching sessions.]

Pledge $18,000+
Twice a year, you'll enjoy a Guided Reboot for your company or group in the Chicagoland area for up to 20 people. There’s no need to disrupt your productive work week -- we will come to you! Each participant will also receive a Mingle Deluxe Swag Bag. Our master juicer and health coach will stay on hand at your worksite for 3 days to distribute juices, provide daily lunchtime lessons on healthy nutrition and present lifestyle and juicing demonstrations for your staff.

[Price includes 6 cold-pressed juices per day (or 4 cold pressed juices and salad+protein meal per day, for 3 days, per person]

Pledge $20,000+
No matter where you are in the continental U.S., twice a year you'll enjoy a Guided Reboot for your company or group of up to 20 people. Our master juicer/health coach will stay on hand at your worksite for 3 days to distribute juices, provide daily lunchtime lessons on healthy nutrition and present lifestyle and juicing demonstrations for your staff. Each participant will also receive a Mingle Deluxe Swag Bag.

[Price includes 6 cold-pressed juices per day (or 4 cold pressed juices and salad + protein meal per day for 3 days per person).]