- Biggby Coffee
Infobox_Company
company_name = Biggby Coffee
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = The hip sip in a zip!
foundation = In 1995 in East Lansing,Michigan
location = Lansing,Michigan , USA
key_people = Robert Fish, CEO and Michael McFall,President
num_employees =
industry =Restaurant s
products = Biggby CoffeeHarney and Sons tea and tisanes
Blended beverages
Assorted food
revenue =
homepage = [http://www.biggby.com/ biggby.com]Biggby Coffee (pronounced Big-Bee) is a privately owned
coffee franchise business based in the MidwesternUnited States . Founded March,1995 as Beaner's by Bob Fish and Mary Roszel, the first location opened its doors in East Lansing,Michigan near the campus ofMichigan State University on March 15, 1995.Biggby began
franchising in 1999. As of July 15, 2008, Biggby Coffee had 100 stores [ [http://biggby.com/locations/ BIGGBY COFFEE - Locations ] ] inAlabama ,Florida , Georgia,Illinois ,Indiana ,Michigan ,Ohio ,South Carolina andWisconsin .Biggby Coffee plans to have more than 250 stores by 2010. [Kathryn Prater, "Biggby Launches Its 100th Outlet," [http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080716/NEWS03/807160340/1004/NEWS03
Lansing State Journal , July 16, 2008] .]“We’re aggressively expanding in the Midwest and the Southeast, and we do have a growth plan to continue to double our units every two years,” McFall said. [ [http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2008/07/el-grown_coffee_shop_opens_100th_location The State News: E.L.-grown coffee shop opens 100th location ] ]
Name change from Beaner's Coffee
In late 2007, the chain decided to change its name from Beaner's to Biggby Coffee amid concern that the name meant to celebrate the seed of its main product also is a disparaging term for Hispanics. The change in name was completed in all stores by January 31, 2008. [ [http://franchise.business-opportunities.biz/2007/09/17/beaners-to-drop-name-some-see-as-derogatory Franchise Business Opportunities | Beaner’s To Drop Name Some See As Derogatory ] ]
External links
* [http://www.biggby.com/ Official website]
References
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