SYS-CON Media:
The Human Bean, an Oregon-based specialty coffee drive-thru franchise, has announced the opening of its 50th store. The November 14 grand opening of the new store in Mesa, Arizona marked a significant milestone in the nationwide expansion of the franchise. New stores in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and Las Vegas, Nevada are slated to open before the end of the year. The Human Bean currently serves its brand of gourmet-roasted, fairly traded coffee, specialty drinks and baked goods in stores throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and North Carolina, and the franchise has signed area development agreements totaling 168 new drive-thrus in the U.S.
“The opening of the 50th store is a significant event for us,” said Tom Casey, managing partner of The Human Bean. “We started out with a single drive-thru and we grew from there, until we had nine stores and a solid system in place. It was then we decided to franchise our concept. We’ve enjoyed helping each and every one of our franchisees get their first stores up and running smoothly,” Casey added.