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Barnie's® Coffee & Tea Company Business is brewing at Barnie's. Remodeled stores available now. Get your own coffee franchise here! Minimum Investment: $250,000. Barnie's® Coffee & Tea Company Franchise.


Juice Zone Juice Zone is expanding throughout the US and around the world. Find out more about this international... Minimum Investment: $50,000. Juice Zone Franchise.


Maui Wowi Hawaiian Serve up success for yourself with the unique Maui Wowi Hawaiian smoothie franchise, and celebrate the... Minimum Investment: $80,000. Maui Wowi Hawaiian Franchise.



Café Fresh Start your own Fresh and Healthy Restaurant with Café Fresh’s mouth watering franchise opportunities! Minimum Investment: $50,000. Café Fresh Franchise.


Raving Brands The Raving Brands portfolio of franchise concepts offers a unique opportunity for franchisees and an exceptional... Minimum Investment: $100,000. Raving Brands Franchise.


Nestle® Toll House® Café Nestle® Toll House® Café has built on the world's most powerful food name, Nestle®, to become North America's... Minimum Investment: $148,850. Nestle® Toll House® Café Franchise.



Trends and Facts About Coffee Franchises

Exclusive to Franchise Direct for 2009: Our survey of the coffee franchise industry. Using a number of franchise disclosure documents from some of the industry's leading coffee franchises - we have published a comprehensive overview of the state of the coffee franchise industry in 2009! Read about the latest trends and statistics from some of the top coffee franchises - click on the links to your right to read the report.


The coffee business is booming!


1. Data from the Coffee Research Organization and the National Small Business Development Support Center Clearinghouse show that coffee is the most popular beverage in the world, with more than 400 billion cups consumed per year. Coffee is the second largest commodity in the US, with annual sales exceeding $18 billion – 75 percent of the caffeine consumed in the US is from coffee.

2. Specialty coffee is especially hot, with $6 billion in sales and growing by 20 percent annually. Specialty coffee accounts for nearly eight percent of the US coffee market. Half of all Americans drink some form of specialty coffee -- espresso, latte, ice coffee, cappuccino etc.

3. Coffee drinkers average about 3.1 cups of coffee per day. Currently there are approximately 12,000 coffee shops in the US, and that number is expected to increase to 50,000+ by 2010 to meet the ever-growing demand for a cup of Joe.

4. The average price for an espresso-based drink is $2.45 and for brewed coffee is $1.35. Coffee shops with drive-through facilities sell an average of 250 cups of espresso-based and other coffee drinks per day. Those shops with high visibility can exceed sales of more than 500 cups a day.

5. There are several ways to capitalize on the coffee craze. Numerous franchise opportunities exist for popular coffee shop and café businesses. Many coffee franchises focus on specialty offerings. - Maui Wowie offers pure Hawaiian products, and sells fruit smoothies along with coffee beverages. - PJ’s coffee is a coffee shop differentiated by its New Orleans tradition. It’s A Grind coffeehouses feature a blues/jazz motif.

6. There are also independent business opportunities in the coffee business. - Palm Beach Specialty Coffee works with distributors of its machines and products; and requires a smaller investment that a full-service retail coffee shop. The bottom line: coffee is a recession-proof business...