SOUTH LYON TO RECIEVE ITS FIRST TASTE OF BIGGBY COFFEE
Posted on May 15, 2009
First Area Café for Growing Michigan-based Franchise Concept
South Lyon, Mich., April XX, 2009 – It wasn’t long ago that BIGGBY COFFEE was a single gourmet coffee shop serving East Lansing with the area’s only genuine European café experience. Today, BIGGBY COFFEE has more than 100 stores in six states and its newest arrives in South Lyon on Tuesday, May 5. The new café, located at 22729 Pontiac Trail, is owned and operated by local residents Vipen and Nishant Khetarpal.
The South Lyon location, adjacent to Millennium Middle School, will encourage the community to experience the BIGGBY COFFEE difference by offering free brewed coffee all week In addition; the store will offer complimentary samplings of signature specialty drinks and decadent food offerings.
The Khetarpals are opening the new location as a father and son ownership team. They are experienced restaurant franchise owners, yet this is their first BIGGBY COFFEE café.
“We’re opening a BIGGBY COFFEE franchise because it’s a thriving brand that shares the same principle beliefs we do as business owners” said Vipen Khetarpal. “It’s all about the experience at BIGGBY. Certainly, our coffee expertise plays a role in that; but it’s much more about impacting customers with something they might not expect. I think South Lyon is going to really like what we do.”
The new South Lyon shop, offers a drive-through, flat screen television, soft seating, free Wi-Fi and the company’s trademark coffee drinks, brewed coffees, teas and frozen beverages.
The new BIGGBY COFFEE location is open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Sundays.
About BIGGBY COFFEE®
East Lansing, Mich.-based BIGGBY COFFEE was founded in March 1995 and began franchise operations in 1999. Today, the Company has 106 stores open and an additional 13 under development across six states including Michigan, Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Wisconsin. BIGGBY COFFEE features more than 30 gourmet coffee, fine tea and frozen drink selections in addition to an assortment of pastries and other fine eatables. For more information about BIGGBY COFFEE, visit biggby.com.