The War Hits Home at Cuppy’s

Today several of my co-worker’s, here at Cuppy’s, husbands and wives are deploying to Iraq. The mood is melancholy. My heart is going out to these friends and coworkers and their families. This being a military town we’ve always been very supportive of our troops and all the military members and familes around the world. But for some reason today we all feel like a part of us is being put in harms way. Not like the whole Cuppy’s/Java Jo’z/Medina articles on the internet out there, this is deeper.

This past Christmas, we sent coffee and smoothies to troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanastan. Just a little taste of home for these brave souls. The thank you letter they sent touched everyone here to our souls. Now today we’re being touched again.

Today as we go about our lives, remember that others are putting their very life on the line so that we can live in freedom and participate in the very declaration of our independence…the right to exist in peace.

McDonalds and Starbucks…Will it Go The Distance?

My alerts made me aware of this blog on the McDonald-Starbuck duel about to go down. This blog not only informed, but entertained. I’ve copied a part and linked to the blog for the rest of the story. I hope the author doesn’t mind. Enjoy!

“Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to today’s main event. This bout scheduled for 5yrs-a billion dollar payoff will determine the titan of specialty coffee. In this corner, weighed down by grease and saturated fat the challenger… the friar of the fry-olators, the big boy of burgers and the reigning champion of cheese!  Wearing white trunks with yellow arches…the Mighty Mickey D!””And in this corner, defending his title as Spartan of Specialty, KO’er of Coffee startups, and the Undisputed Champion of the World in Mass Production. Wearing green trunks with mermaid stitching…let’s hear it for Starbucks the Starry Eyed!”…read the rest of the story here.

Blog Attacks

The internet is the instrument of choice. Information and/or disinformation is its ammunition. The latest and greatest to the losers and snoozers, the words published online now are the shots heard around the world quicker than you can say Cuppy’s Coffee Cool Cats Collide with Coalition.

As an employee, this may seem biased but for reasonalble and open minded individuals you may want to pay attention. Blog Attacks on Cuppy’s and Medina have had their toll, not only on the company but on those who have opened their doors and are doing business selling coffee.

For those who have nothing better to do than be negative, I say its time to get over yourself and move on. As I understand it and has been published several times on the web, Medina bought the assets of Java Jo’z. These licensees were given the opportunity to convert to a franchise under the name Cuppy’s Coffee. A majority of them signed on as franchisees and are now open or soon will be open. For those who, for whatever reason, decided to stay Java Jo’z, Cuppy’s and Medina are still offfering our services to get them open. Since Medina and Cuppy’s inception, several Java Jo’z locations have opened around the country.

Although Medina had no financial obligation to help these Java Jo’z owners, it was the right thing to do. And for that I believe, and any rational person out there will agree, that this shows the character and dedication of Morg Morgan and his staff.

The truth is that some people are afraid of success and will do anything to sabotage success from happening. Success also is a benchmark, something to achieve and a majority of people strive everyday to reach it. And to the later, I say “Keep dreaming and I’ll meet you on Success Row”.

2008 The Year to Plan

Most companies in the past that I’ve worked for, cared little if you had medical let alone a retirement plan. Working at Cuppy’s, Morg and the management team have made every available effort to see that we are taken care of. This to me shows the amount of dedication that Morg Morgan, Medina Enterprise, and Cuppy’s Coffee will go to to see that we can perform our duties at the company. Serving our Franchisees daily to the best of our abilities is further improved knowing that we can count on our company. Besides offering a reliable medical package, this year a very detailed 401k plan has been offered that we can take advantage of. Thanks Morg.