purplelady 1 | 32 13 Sep 2009 / #2We have Gloria Jean's Coffee Beans here in the midwest US. The coffee beans are available for purchase in grocery stores or coffee-product stores, but there are no Starbuck's style cafes in which to sit and enjoy the brewed coffee. It makes a delicious brew, and there are many flavored coffee beans, also (chocolate mint, hazelnut, etc.). Were you planning a cafe or a coffee bean shop?
beckski 12 | 1,612 13 Sep 2009 / #3Gloria Jean's Coffee Beans here in the midwest USTo be quite honest, I've never heard of the product brand name.
purplelady 1 | 32 13 Sep 2009 / #4The Gloria Jean's website says that they have been in business for over 23 years. There are over 100 stores in 24 states, but it doesn't list any franchises outside of the US. So, maybe Warsaw will be their first European outlet?
OP hakan100 1 | 2 14 Sep 2009 / #5they have more than 800 coffeeshops worldwide and have opened 2 shops in Warsaw. They are looking for francfisees and I am planning to make investment there. They are very successful in turkey. They opened 75 shops here and may it will be good investment to have a shop in Warsaw earlier than Starbucks.
Harry 14 Sep 2009 / #6It might be a good investment to have one in Warsaw earlier than Starbucks. Unfortunately Starbucks opened in Warsaw a couple of months ago. I certainly wouldn't be investing in coffeeshops in Warsaw: the market is very full and coffeeshop company (104 shops in Germany & Austria, plus another 38 in USA) recently closed one of their showpiece Warsaw outlets.
inkrakow 14 Sep 2009 / #7They opened 75 shops here and may it will be good investment to have a shop in Warsaw earlier than Starbucks.A first mover advantage didn't help the hundreds of thousands of coffee shops across the US that were forced to close by Starbuck's aggressive roll out campaign.
Polonius3 993 | 12,357 19 Sep 2009 / #8American-style coffee popular in Turkey? Almost like taking coals to NewCastle or selling snow to Eskimos!!!
Lorene - | 3 26 Sep 2009 / #9Starbuck's is already in Warsaw, but this is the first year I've noticed Starbuck's. I still go to other places just as I do in the States. Starbuck's is far from the best coffee.
mephias 10 | 296 26 Sep 2009 / #10American-style coffee popular in Turkey? Almost like taking coals to NewCastle or selling snow to Eskimos!!!Turkish coffee is hard to prepare and too strong to drink instead of normal coffee. So even before these chains people like to drink american style coffee in big cities.
Deiseaj - | 8 1 Oct 2009 / #11theres 3 or four of them in Ireland..... and its fab coffee... nicer than starbucks, might even be worth the trip to Warsaw!
spasticmonkey 6 Nov 2009 / #12The US chain stores follow the filter coffee and percolator sales, where as the international system( reworked in Australia in 1996) uses espresso based drinks.. Starbucks is run by several big Companies, where as Gloria Jean's Coffees operates mainly franchises. each franchisee is thus alot more interested in making his shop special and profitable. This leads to a more consistant cup and a friendlier atmosphere.See gloriajeanscoffees.com
jonni 16 | 2,481 6 Nov 2009 / #13There's already Starbucks, Voyage, Kawa w biegu, Green Coffee and the ubiquitous Coffee Heaven.One chain (a Scandinavian firm, don't remember their name) pulled out of the Polish market due to saturation.The Gloria Jean's here always look empty.Not a wise investment.
