Mighty Good Coffee is opening its third location in Arbor Hills. The Ann Arbor-based coffee shop plans to open its third location later this month at at Arbor Hills. It would occupy the former space of Glassbox Coffee, a local coffee shop that went out of business late last year. With this move Mighty Good Coffee will be taking over both of the former Glassbox Coffee locations.
"We called the landlords for both locations and did our due diligence and worked it out," says David Myers, chief coffee officer & managing partner of
Mighty Good Coffee. "A lot of it was timing."
The 10-year-old business has hired seven people this year, expanding its staff to 15 people. The number of employees should rise to 22 people by the time it opens the third location in Arbor Hills. Myers plans to keep the Mighty Good Coffee expansion at three location for the time being. He only went after the two more recent spots because they presented plum opportunities to grow in places that needed them.
"For us our locations aren't in over-saturated locations," Myers says. "We're not opening up another location in downtown Ann Arbor."
Mighty Good Coffee has been able to carve out a niche for itself as a local coffee roaster that creates fresh, high-quality products by roasting its beans and making its own products.
"People seem to want to buy into the local food movement," Myers says. "That's where we put our efforts into our stores."
Source: David Myers, chief coffee officer & managing partner of Mighty Good Coffee
Writer: Jon Zemke
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