Sentences with phrase «a second cup»

Bottom line, if you have a second cup this morning — even a third, fourth, or fifth — you might live longer.

Cara has morphed from an airline caterer to an operator of major restaurant chains, like Swiss Chalet, Harvey's, Second Cup, Kelsey's and Milestone's.

Bregman said Second Cup got the idea to branch out into pot after being approached by several cannabis producers.

Second Cup's Bregman said the coffee chain's efforts to revamp are paying off, but it has a long way to go.

As well, NAC has issued to Second Cup warrants to purchase 5,000,000 common shares of the company, at an exercise price of 91 cents per share.

Second Cup plans to continue expanding its network of coffee shops across Canada as it develops a network of cannabis dispensaries with «compelling» economics, he added.

Conversion of any Second Cup cafes to dispensaries will be conditional on obtaining a license from provincial regulators as well as the approval of the applicable franchisee and landlord.

Second Cup used to have one of the best loyalty programs in the sector, according to Fisher, but it was scrapped a few years ago, raising some eyebrows in the industry.

Mowbray hopes Second Cup's entire coffee portfolio will ultimately be certified, up from 80 % today.

Second Cup introduced a temporary loyalty program last year, as well.

In June, Second Cup launched its first café in Islamabad, Pakistan, with 20 more locations planned to open in the next three to five years.

Second Cup has found being Canadian gives it some cachet, however: it can satisfy the allure of western culture, without the negative political associations that go hand in hand with being a U.S. multinational.

«I don't think there's anything going on at Second Cup that's exciting or interesting,» says Doug Fisher, a restaurant - industry and franchise consultant with FHG International in Toronto.

Second Cup has already tapped the Middle East for growth, with franchises in Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and others.

«People like Canadians,» says Jim Ragas, president of Second Cup International, «As we grow, I see that as a big plus for us.»

So Second Cup is expanding where its competitors are less likely to go.

Though the Seattle - based coffee giant is Second Cup's main competitor, it is far from the only one.

In 2000, Second Cup boasted 390 locations across the country, but that number has been winnowed to 340.

The assault on all fronts helps to explain the weakness in Second Cup's same - store sales, which inched up only 0.2 % in 2008, and fell 3.2 % in 2009.

Tim Hortons is expanding into espresso - based and flavoured coffees, and McDonald's is aggressively pushing its McCafe concept, which offers the same sort of customer experience as Starbucks and Second Cup.

But to really grow, Second Cup will have to improve when it comes to offering new and different products in its stores, something at which Starbucks excels.

But partnering with NAC gives Second Cup a toehold in the cannabis space.

«I would describe it as opportunistic, because it's never been expressed as part of the Second Cup corporate strategy,» said Michael Bregman, Second Cup chairman.

This was later converted into shares, giving the Serruya brothers a significant stake in Second Cup.

The long - term leases will remain with Second Cup, and the two companies will split dispensary ownership 50/50, with franchisees taking a portion of Second Cup's earnings, said Bregman.

Either way I think that consumption lounges will become a reality, and there's a lot of assets here that (Second Cup has) that would be perfect for conversion,» said Golinger.

«I would describe it as opportunistic, because it's never been expressed as part of the Second Cup corporate strategy,» said

As far as Bregman is concerned, Ontario cannabis lounges are a long way away, as is the possibility of selling Second Cup - branded cannabis brownies or drinks.

That's OK, it will be profitable for everybody, for Second Cup and the franchisee,» said

«Let's say there's a Second Cup store doing $ 750,000 a year....

Second Cup's marijuana move — which is only a small part of its overall strategy, according to Bregman — is the latest in a string of attempts to turn the struggling company around, including everything from store redesigns to management shuffles.

Keurig currently dominates in Canada, while the No. 2 machine, Kraft Food Inc.'s Tassimo, has been aggressively expanding its association with trusted brands: It boasts coffee pods from Tim Hortons and Second Cup, for example, as well as Nabob and others, tea from Twinings and Tetley, and Cadbury hot chocolate.

Second Cup has a substantial retail network that extends across the country.

This Thursday The Second Cup announced its intent to open a network of recreational cannabis dispensaries.

Maybe you can relate... you wake up with barely enough time to get yourself ready and after downing your second cup of coffee and glancing at something that may resemble breakfast, your eyes cross your Bible.

Upon realizing that you may have not only killed a new laptop but also lost nearly three months of work on your book and about 15,000 words exactly one month before your deadline, (but will not know for sure for another 48 - hours), prepare to proceed through the five stages of grief: 1) During the Denial phase, you will find it perfectly reasonable to make a second cup of chai to drink.

This is always a little embarrassing for me because I save my best, most personal writing for my books and tend to hammer out most of my blog posts before I've even had my second cup of coffee in the morning, which is a hazy, disorienting time in which I am strictly prohibited from making important life decisions or ordering things from the internet.

So if you needed another reason to have a second cup this morning, there you go...

Go ahead and skip the second cup.

Let's be honest here, I'm on my second cup of coffee now (what?)

Just ladled my second cup aside red chard spanikopita and it is a keeper.

Don't do that to me... I am on my second cup of coffee without having breakfast, reading blogs and then Ouch, this first picture!!

Now that the first huge set of assignments are done, I'm relaxing with my waffles, already on my second cup of coffee.

I just poured myself a second cup of green tea.

It bakes for 45 minutes, but that's the right amount of time to pour yourself that second cup of coffee, put your feet up and savor the quiet.

Since I only have about 1.5 C cauliflower I thought I'd give it a try with filling the rest of the second cup with carrots.

Cover with second cup of boiling water and let stand until cool.

In the morning, add the second cup of almond milk.

They are pretty great on the weekends, too, when you have time to slather on some of your favorite preserves and savor a second cup of coffee:).

Knead in the second cup of white four, adding more flour if necessary to make a stiff dough.