14 July 2009
KUWAIT: Gulf Coffee Company which belongs to Al-Sayer Franchising Co. has launched five new Caribou coffee shops due to increasing customer demand. The new stores were recently opened in the Mahboula area near McDonalds, Yarmouk Co-op premises, on the ground floor of the new 360 mall, in the Ministry Complex and in the Public Authority of Civil Information. A local delivery service will also be available from both the Mahboula and Yarmouk branches for customers within five minutes of each store.

Founded in 1992 in Minneapolis with a mission "to provide a total experience that makes the day better," the Caribou Coffee Company today has more than 6,000 employees and almost 500 company-owned locations in 16 US states and the District of Columbia, as well as in several countries outside the United States.

In 2005 Al- Sayer Franchising Co became the master franchisee for the Middle East and has launched Caribou Coffee shops successfully with one goal in mind - taking its customers in the region to a higher and unprecedented total experience. Today, Caribou's success has led to its having 28 branches in Kuwait, 27 in UAE, seven in Bahrain, two each in Jordan and Qatar and one each in KSA and Oman, with a plan to open more in the Middle East in the years to come.

Caribou Coffee feels a strong connection and commitment to giving back to its local and national communities, choosing to focus its charitable efforts on humanitarian causes. Caribou Coffee Kuwait has chosen to support the Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in Hospital (KACCH) and the Bayt Abdullah Children's Hospice (BACH).

Caribou Coffee is committed to crafting the finest coffee in the world: from selecting the best green coffee beans, to creating blends, roasting, keeping beans fresh and brewing. At every point in the process, the chain accepts only the highest-quality beans and employs the highest standards, no matter what the cost. Its staff pride themselves on offering only the highest-quality, best-tasting coffee available.

© Kuwait Times 2009