It's a Grind Coffee House
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| Type | Limited liability company |
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| Founded | 1994 in Long Beach, California |
| Headquarters | Long Beach, California, USA |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Website | itsagrind.com |
It's A Grind Coffee House is the name of a coffee house franchise that sells a variety of coffees, teas, blended drinks, and bakery items. It was founded in 1994, with the first store opening in July 1995 at 5933 East Spring Street in Long Beach, California. The name "It's a Grind Coffee House" is a registered trademark of IAG Coffee Franchise, LLC.
Currently, 136 stores are under development with locations now existing in fourteen U.S. states, including Nevada, California, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Connecticut, and New Jersey.[1] The company was ranked in the top 500 franchises in the USA by Entrepreneur.com for 2008.[2]
[edit] In popular culture
- Although unknown to a large segment of the U.S. population, It's A Grind has received exposure on the Showtime television series Weeds through product placement deals. It is featured in the show's opening credits, and characters on the show often are seen drinking from the store's cups.
A song written and performed by Chris Arbisi and Frank Simms (the voice of "Kool Aid Man") called, "Its a Grind", plays in all of the stores nationwide along with other jazz and blues tunes typically played at most coffee shops. The pair originally wrote the song for an appearance at an "Its a Grind" grand opening in Robbinsville, NJ in January 2008. Its a Grind continues to grow as a franchise with new branches opening in various cities. Some locations struggle to survive because of the growing competition between coffee shops.
