Jacksonville’s Southern Grounds Plans 12-State Franchise PushDaily Espresso Information by means of Roast Mag

Southern Grounds gallery picture. Neptune Seashore location.

Florida-based strong point espresso and cafe chain Southern Grounds has introduced plans to start franchising right through the Southern United States.

A statement from Southern Grounds spouse Mark Janasik mentioned that the corporate has began or finished franchise registration for 12 states, with aspirations to open some 125 gadgets over the following 10 years.

The ones states come with: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland and Mississippi.

Southern Grounds lately has 3 company-operated brick-and-mortar retail outlets within the higher Jacksonville marketplace, together with the unique cafe that opened in Neptune Seashore in 2016. Chicago-based Intelligentsia Espresso has been the corporate’s wholesale roasted espresso provider.

Southern Grounds is within the means of opening a location throughout the Jacksonville World Airport, with a 2d location additionally deliberate for the airport to be operated by means of airport foodservice specialist HMSHost.

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The espresso corporation additionally has a sibling bakery emblem referred to as Blueberry that operates out of its San Marco cafe location. Janasik prior to now instructed the Jacksonville Day by day File that the corporate has a number of further coming near near retail ideas for Southern Grounds.

“Southern Grounds is able to name 12 extra states ‘House’ and we couldn’t be extra excited!!” Janasik wrote this week on Fb. “We’re so excited for family members close to and a long way to Accumulate In combination and feature a scorching cup o’ joe, a craft beer, a tumbler of hand picked wine or delight in a scrumptious culinary favourite!”

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