Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating has opened a new franchise in Arizona.

Previously, Arizona was served by the company's national home delivery program. Now, the area has a franchise kitchen in central Phoenix that services local distributors and clients throughout the Phoenix metro area.

The Arizona franchise is the fourth franchise grantedin the last four years after the company began its national home delivery program in 2005, serving clients from across the country via its headquarters in Ottawa. The most recent franchise awarded was Ohio in February.

The Arizona franchise is the ninth franchise for the company, which began franchising in 1996. The company has 250 distributor locations in those areas and serves the remainder of the United States via its national delivery program, shipping meals from coast-to-coast to areas not franchised and serviced by distributors.