Salt Lake City — Swig, the highly popular and fast-growing specialty drink shop, has appointed Chase Wardrop as president. In this position, Wardrop will oversee all company operations and the management team of Swig. He will be responsible for expanding the brand’s footprint into new geographies, which includes plans to open 18 new units in 2021.
Wardrop has been instrumental in Swig’s rapid growth, and the expanding specialty soda culture as a whole. Today, under his leadership and teamwork with partners Dylan Roeder (vice president, marketing and innovation) and Nicole Tanner (founder of Swig), they have grown sales to more than $30 million annually with 18 stores planned in 2021 and expansion into two new states. This will bring the Swig brand to 47 units in more than six regional markets throughout the western U.S.