{"id":18280,"date":"2015-11-11T18:20:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T23:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/11\/choice-coffee-in-queensbury-has-more-than-200-kinds-of-coffee-in-single-serve-cups.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:03:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:03:13","slug":"choice-coffee-in-queensbury-has-more-than-200-kinds-of-coffee-in-single-serve-cups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/11\/choice-coffee-in-queensbury-has-more-than-200-kinds-of-coffee-in-single-serve-cups\/","title":{"rendered":"Choice Coffee In Queensbury Has More Than 200 Kinds Of Coffee In Single-Serve Cups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Customers browse the many choices of coffee available at Choice Coffee on Route 9 in Queensbury. \nThe store has single-cup options and has a club membership for frequent customers.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
BY LIZ WITBECK<\/p>\n
There’s a new coffee store in town that owners \nsay is putting the choice back into the hands \nof its customers.<\/p>\n
Choice Coffee opened in September at 959 \nRoute 9, Queensbury. It is the second location \nfor the business. The first is in Plattsburgh.<\/p>\n
Owners Jeff Prescott, Doug Lyon, and Larry \nSmith opened the first Choice Coffee six years \nago. After years of renovating and expanding \nthe original building, it was decided a second \nlocation was needed.<\/p>\n
Scott Maynard manages the Queensbury \nlocation. His previous experience comes from \nworking as a sales representative for Valley \nVending, the sister company of Choice Coffee. \n“When the opportunity came to manage this \nlocation, it was a no-brainer. It felt like the right \nchoice,” he said.<\/p>\n
What makes Choice Coffee is unusual is \nthat when customers walk inside, they are \nsurrounded by shelves with rows of single serve \ncoffee cups (often called K cups). There \nare more than 200 coffees to choose from. \nCustomers grab a bucket and choose as many \ndifferent coffees as they would like. They pay \nper dozen cups.<\/p>\n
“It started with customers coming in and \nsaying ‘We want to try this coffee, but we \ndon’t want to commit to the whole box.’ So \nwe thought about a way to just have people \nbuy one. And it was a home run up in our \nPlattsburgh store,” said Maynard.<\/p>\n
The choice, truly, is in the hands of the \ncustomer.<\/p>\n
For those who are environmentally conscious \nand don’t like the idea of throwing away \na single-serve cup every time they brew coffee, \nthere is a section of the store called the “green \ncorner” with eco-friendly, single-serve coffee \ncups that are biodegradable and not made \nfrom plastic.<\/p>\n
“We also sell whole bean coffee for people \nwho can’t seem to get behind all of this technology,” \nsaid Maynard.<\/p>\n
Choice Coffee features their own coffee club. \nWhen people make a purchase at the store, \nthey get a certain number of points. They \nreceive free coffee once they have reached \nenough points on their club membership.<\/p>\n
Besides the coffee retail part of the business, \nChoice Coffee also does business-to-business \nsales. They will do coffee and coffee related \nsales for large and small businesses. Recently \nChoice Coffee just entered into a contract with \nGore Mountain.<\/p>\n
“Business has been doing extremely well,” \nsaid Maynard. The store had their grand opening \nceremony on Oct. 16.<\/p>\n
Choice Coffee is open Monday through \nWednesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday \nthrough Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday \nfrom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday from 10 \na.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 741- \n0301 or visit www.choicecoffeeny.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Customers browse the many choices of coffee available at Choice Coffee on Route 9 in Queensbury. The store has single-cup options and has a club membership for frequent customers. BY LIZ WITBECK There’s a new coffee store in town…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[114,121],"yoast_head":"\r\n
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