As our temperatures here in Wilmington swiftly move from warm to truly autumnal, we begin to mentally prepare for the holidays ahead. That may mean Halloween decorations that must be hung or thoughts about where travel plans will take us to be with friends and family. For executives at the Port City Java coffee house franchise, our thoughts about travel arrangements center mostly on the logistics for three busloads of Marines coming down from Camp Lejeune. For the ninth year in a row, our Port City Java CEO, Steve Schnitzler, has asked local families to open each home to two Marines for Thanksgiving. As we reported back in 2018, this "Marinesgiving" program has help more than...
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When it comes down to the key factors of success for a Port City Java coffeehouse franchise, one commitment seems to standout year after year for nearly a quarter century: community involvement. If you look at what our most successful of 26 cafes have in common, it's that they are actively involved in a variety of aspects supporting their community. Whether our Port City Java franchise partners are supporting their local sports teams, donating gift cards to help non-profit fund raisers or volunteering their time to help a local school or church, we expect all new franchise partners to truly become a part of the community they serve. Back in April, our entire Port City Java executive...
After nearly 25 years in business, and with two dozen coffeehouses operating along the Atlantic coast today you might think this would be "old hat" for us. But the reality is that we always gets anxious to meet fact-to-face with potential franchisee partners each quarter. We set aside one day and invite our most promising and financially qualified candidates to meet our entire support team, commonly called Franchise Discovery Day. If you are seriously considering a Port City Java Cafe franchise opportunity, but have not received an invitation for this week's event, here's a rough itinerary of what our top prospects will experience: Morning Kick-Off: All potential...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Earlier this year, we shared the details about the “Sweet Success of Limited Time Offers”. We explained the three primary advantages of offering special products for a limited time only, which includes; customer experience, marketing engagement and product testing. Over the past several weeks we’ve determined that one special Limited Time Offer (LTO) clearly passed its product testing phase, and will soon be a permanent part of Port City Java coffeehouse menus everywhere: coconut milk. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman';...
For more than 18 years, the Port City Java cafe in Porters Neck has been serving the needs of this quickly growing area outside of Wilmington. Porters Neck is an unincorporated community in New Hanover County, with a population of just 6,200 residents in 2010. It's very likely that, with the 2020 census happening next year, this community will likely have grown by 50% or more in the past decade. Our Porters Neck cafe started with just a 1,400 square foot location in 2001. More than a decade later, in 2012, we expanded into the adjacent unit, offering our customers more than 2,000 square feet of space. Even more recently, we revamped the drive-thru by moving the order board back from...
