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Gloria Jean's brewing North Carolina expansion plans

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October 29, 2019

Gloria Jean's Coffees has signed a multi-unit development agreement with Kishor Kaneria and his nephew, Parth Kaneria, to bring at least five locations to the Raleigh, North Carolina, region. The first is a kiosk location slated to open in early 2020, inside the RDU Galleria, just south of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, according to a company press release. The coffee shop will join KFC, Pizza Hut, Wayback Burgers and Which Which on the ground floor of the building, according to a company press release.

"We're thrilled to grow our North Carolina footprint with such savvy franchisees as the Kanerias with this brand new kiosk concept that is ideal for a food court setting," Laina Sullivan, Gloria Jean's Coffees' director of franchise development, said in the release. "Gloria Jean's has done exceptionally well in malls and we are enthusiastic about expanding into other real estate avenues where guests can easily enjoy a cup of Gloria Jean's specialty coffee while on the go."

With a simple operations model and low cost of entry, Gloria Jean's Coffees presents an ideal franchise choice for both new and experienced franchisees who possess an entrepreneurial spirit, a creative local store marketing mindset and a passion for serving an amazing cup of coffee, Sullivan said. Also, the flexibility of store design allows franchisees to adapt their coffee houses to a broad range of formats and parcels from kiosks to drive-thrus.

Serving coffee in the U.S. since 1979, Gloria Jean's has 60 locations with several scheduled to open by the end of 2020.