![]() ![]() There are multiple coffee shops on the Las Vegas Strip where one can get one’s caffeine fix, so why am I writing about the locations of one particular coffee shop? No, it’s not because Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is paying me to write this (although they are welcome to pay me…). Here, we get a little deeper at locating the CBTL locations on the Vegas Strip, all of which have kosher options. With the closure of all San Francisco franchises and all the ones in Manhattan, not to mention other locations, this is an opportunity for the CBTL to realign and refocus their brand.CBTL inside the Grand Canal Shoppes (Venetian) In a previous post this year, YeahThatsKosher compiled a list of all Kosher Vegas restaurants. On top of that, some of the stores didn’t accept CBTL-branded giftcards and you couldn’t return online purchases to individual stores. This was especially true when it came to their loyalty programs - a few stores had a punch card (SF), others used the App Card to keep track (NYC) while others didn’t (Los Angeles). ![]() I lightly alluded in another post that the company felt the brand was being diluted by owner franchises that there was no consistency from store to store. Why this was coming down from above remains to be seen. This wasn’t a franchise owner calling it quits, this was clearly a directive coming down from corporate. This wasn’t just a “nothing to see here” rent increase push out. With the New York shutdowns as context, it really shines light on the closing of the SF stores – all three locations within 3-4 month. I couldn’t find any statements from Coffen Bean & Tea Leaf regarding the San Francisco closings. It is our hope that when The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® returns to New York, the new store owners will deliver the products and service our customers have come to expect through their experiences at the other 1,000+ company-owned and franchised The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® locations around the world.” ![]() We value the brand’s loyal following in the Big Apple and intend to swiftly bring The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® hand-crafted coffees and teas, including the world famous Ice Blended® drinks, back to New York City. “International Coffee & Tea, LLC regrets to announce that all of the franchised The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® locations in Manhattan closed on October 1, 2016. This is what a CBTL spokesman told the West Side Rag: ![]() It is, when you put it together with all twelve Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf locations closing in Manhattan in October. That, in itself, is not necessarily newsworthy. ![]()
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