Cuppy's Coffee
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| Cuppy's Coffee & More, Inc. | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2006, Fort Walton Beach, FL |
| Headquarters | Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA |
| Key people | Doug Hibbing |
| Industry | Restaurants, Franchises |
| Employees | 120 |
| Website | www.cuppys.com |
Cuppy's Coffee & More, Inc. is a privately owned specialty coffee franchise with approximately 375 open or soon to be opened stores in the United States, South Africa and Canada. They are also exploring opportunities in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. They currently employ approximately 120 employees at their corporate headquarters in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
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[edit] Products
Cuppy's specializes in Espresso based drinks such as the Latte and Americano. The coffee and espresso beverages at Cuppy's all use a custom blend of Caffé D’arte beans and feature flavorings from Ghirardelli and Monin. Cuppy's also features smoothies made with "100% real fruit". In addition to the coffee and smoothies, Cuppy's also offers a variety of products such as italian sodas, biscotti, chocolate covered espresso beans, pastries and sandwiches. Cuppy's reports through is application at Forbes hot 500 that it has 49 franchises. http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/cuppyscoffeeandmoreinc/329030-0.html
Drinks are served in 12oz, 16oz, and 20oz sizes and, unlike Starbucks, the drink sizes are referred to as small medium and large respectively. Customers can choose from the 3 sizes for all hot drinks and 2 sizes for the cold drinks and smoothies.
[edit] Corporation
Cuppy's Coffee & More, Inc. is a Texas corporation, located in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and was formed in July of 2006. It does not have a legal or financial affiliation with any other company. It is not owned by any other company. It does not own any other company. It does not have a predecessor. It does not sell any buildings directly to its franchisees.
[edit] Is (Was) Cuppy's Java Jo'z?
Cuppy's was not "formerly Java Jo'z." It has an application pending for the trademark "Cuppy's" and grants franchises using its proprietary system. It has several 'approved vendors'; however, they do not have any financial or legal connection to Cuppy's. Cuppy's and Java Jo'z do share street addresses in Fort Walton, FL.
[edit] Official Statement Regarding Java Jo'z
In May 2006, Medina Enterprises, a Nevada based company, purchased the assets of Java Jo’z Coffee & More, LLC, and Emerald Coast Manufacturing Inc. From this transaction, the principle owner of Medina formed an association with another individual, and Cuppy’s Coffee & More, an international coffee franchise, emerged.
Through this transaction, Cuppy’s Coffee obtained the rights to the logos, assumed the leases and acquired a majority of the equipment. A majority of the former employees of Java Jo’z were offered positions and are now employed at Cuppy’s.
Java Jo’z still exists as a licensing company and is owned by Kim Snowden. Roy and Kim Snowden have no financial, operational, or legal association with Cuppy’s Coffee.
Although Cuppy’s Coffee holds no legal obligation to provide marketing, operational, or product support to the Java Jo’z customers, Cuppy’s has chosen to offer these services to the Java Jo’z owners.
Since August 2006, Cuppy’s Coffee has been inviting any coffee business (including Java Jo’z customers) the opportunity to convert into a Cuppy’s franchise. For conversion details please contact Rudy Harper at rudy@medinamgt.com.
