Jeffery Adler always knew he wanted to take his San Diego company global. He just didn’t realize it would happen so soon.
In Southern California, Adler oversees three Dlush Beverage Joints, which serve fruit smoothies and café fare like pearl tea and powdered doughnuts in a setting Adler likens to MTV. Things changed a few years ago, after members of the Alghanim family, wealthy Kuwaitis who own many businesses in the Middle East, paid a visit to his flagship San Diego store while vacationing in the U.S. Later, the family contacted Adler about developing the Dlush concept in Kuwait and other areas in the Persian Gulf. More.