Franchisee's Response to New Mgmt at Cuppy's Coffee

News of the acquistion of Cuppy's Coffee by FranSynergy has been met with overwhelming enthusiasm by franchisees and vendors alike. Here is a sample of some responses to the news sent in by members of the Cuppy's Coffee family.

I've been a part of the Cuppy's family for three years now and it has been a great experience being a part of such a fast growing company. The addition of Dale Nabors, I think, is a great one. I have worked Dale on a number of projects and have found him to be knowledgeable and outstanding in his field. I look forward to working with him in the future.

Scott Smith

Cuppy's Coffee Smoothies & More

Hanover, MA

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Dale, congratulations!

I hope you can keep your circle divided properly and wish us both the very best in the future. I look forward to building a stronger Cuppy's.

Jason Winters

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Figueroa Brothers is excited to hear the great news of Dale Nabors, becoming

the CEO of Cuppy's Coffee . I have been working with Dale closely to

establish the new Cuppy's distribution system and his vision to get the

company streamlined to the benefit of the current franchisees and future

store openings, is exactly what is needed to move the Cuppy's Brand to the

next level of success. Figueroa Brothers is looking forward to working with

Dale and Cuppy's franchisees to continually improve the bottom line profits

and customer satisfaction.

Gregory P. Figueroa, CEO

Figueroa Brothers, Inc.

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Hi Dale!

Congratulations on Fransynergy acquiring Cuppy's. You have been very helpful with the problems I have had and it's nice to know we will have someone like you to come to. We still need to completely resolve our issue but I am sure we will be able to get it worked out.

Sincerely,

Brian D. Burgett

Cuppy's of Des Moines

Read the official memo sent out to franchisees here.

FranSynergy Acquires Cuppy's Coffee, Smoothies & More

Business is a fast paced and sometime difficult road to manuever. It is also a series of evolutions from startup to completion. And it is in that process that Cuppy's Coffee is proud to announce that FranSynergy has acquired our fast growing coffee company to navigate it thru the next stage in that evolution. Below is a copy of the letter sent to all franchisees acknowledging the transition and welcoming the new management team to Cuppy's Coffee.

Dear Franchisees,

Cuppy's has grown leaps and bounds since our humble beginnings in May of 2006. We currently have more than 231 franchisees nationwide and 73 open stores, with many more stores in the works!

It's our ultimate goal to see the Cuppy's brand grow strong and be successful. In order for this to happen, change is inevitable. Our objective is to always keep you, our franchisee, up to date as these changes occur.

With that in mind, we have some really exciting news! We are pleased to announce that FranSynergy Inc., lead by Dale Nabors, CEO, has acquired Cuppy's Coffee & More, Inc.

Dale Nabors has over 25 years of franchising experience and worked for the Dwyer Group from March, 1995 to August, 2000....

To read the entire letter follow this link.