Meridian Coffee House

The Subway restaurant chain decided to expand its franchise to include coffee-selling Subway Cafes.  The new cafes are going to appear in the Washington DC area.  In the future, the franchise plans to expand their new concept throughout the nation.  Subway Cafe will include a higher-end variety of sandwiches, pastries and coffee.  It is also […]

Starbucks just posted a 3Q loss — its first quarterly net loss in more than 15 years.
What’s to blame? Several things:

The company is in the middle of closing about 600 under-performing stores.
The company has also announced plans to cut about 1,000 office jobs (7% of the entire workforce).
U.S. consumers have stopped spending a much […]

I always start my day with a coffee. Instant sachet or with a cream were my cup of taste.Eventhough I don’t eat anything for breakfast, by having a coffee to start my day I’m already solved. During breaktime, I always have one cup to drink. I am a coffee addict.
If I’m out and at the mall, I always […]

The other day I stopped at the mind-boggling Starbucks for a cup of coffee.  I asked the barista for a Café Valencia, my all-time favorite Starbucks treat.  I knew full-well the specialty flavor was discontinued sometime in 2006.  Even so, if you are lucky, Starbucks will have left over Valencia syrup in one of their […]

McDonald’s has jumped on the coffee bandwagon with a surprisingly good iced coffee.  The refreshing treat is available in four different varieties (regular, vanilla, hazelnut and caramel) and two sizes (24 oz medium and 32 oz large). At a fraction of the price, McDonald’s iced coffee is comparable to other franchise heavy hitters.  In today’s […]

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There are a lot of opportunities available for coffee lovers these days, including the world of franchises.  Most likely, we know about the Starbucks opportunities to get involved in a franchise.  However, if you want to do something a little different, here are some opportunities of some great franchises for coffee lovers to add into […]

BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) has partnered with Peet’s Coffee so that morning commuters (and evening commuters and everyone in between) can enjoy java while getting where they need to go.
The partnership will show up at the Embarcadero BART Station around the end of April, and that will be the debut stop for enjoying Peet’s […]

Some people (me included) cannot get enough of the Sumatra coffee from Starbucks. My family goes through a pound a week, and the one time we ran out and had to use the “backup” coffee we made it double strength…and it still tasted like hot flavored water. Ick!
But many people feel that the standard Sumatra […]

Bryant Simon, professor at Philadelphia’s Temple University, is “searching for the meaning of modern life amid the round tables and comfy sofas of Starbucks coffee shops.”
He has observed out 300 Starbucks locations in 6 countries, trying to learn “what it means to live and consume in the age of globalization.” In 2008, expect to […]

I’ve got to say that I’m just beginning to appreciate the wonderful world of coffee. It all started in Europe where my hosts had coffee several times a day; it was a standard part of a good long conversation. I’ve continued my enjoyment of coffee here in the states. I have found a couple of […]