Snappy Salads Makes Greens Greener

Initially Snappy Salads doesn’t seem so different from the Souper Salads concept. You trundle through a cafeteria line and build a salad. But instead of droopy iceberg lettuce and overcooked corkscrew pasta, Snappy has upscale mixed greens, all-natural chicken, hot-smoked Atlantic salmon, wasabi peas, dried cherries, and so on—but at a comparable price, $6.49 plus $2 to $3 for meats and fish. Using superior ingredients makes the flavors pop and the salad feel heartier. If the prospect of choosing is simply too much, darling, then order a theme salad, such as the Southwest with black beans, corn, turkey, and chipotle ranch dressing. You can also do a salad in wrap form. Snappy also departs from Souper in its eco-friendly stance: biodegradable forks, recycled tabletops, and nontoxic paint on the walls. Owner Chris Dahlander, an ex-marketing exec for Brinker, wanted to make everything about Snappy Salads good for you, and that he has done.