Buddy Brew Expansion in Sprouts Stores

Sprouts Farmers Market based out of Arizona decided to put some coffee shops in their stores and here locally they have struck a deal with Buddy Brew Coffee. Been a Tampa brand since 2010, now Tampa and beyond. Dave and Susan are very glad to see that. I'm sure since they created this brand in 2010. Congratulations, Buddy Brew is old enough to drive. That is crazy to think about. Did you think in 2010, open up a little coffee shop on Kennedy was immediately all the buzz and all the rage. You got to try Buddy Brew. Got to try Buddy Brew. Did you think 16 years later, we'd be talking about the largest expansion in company history, 10 cafes opening in South Sprouts Farmer's Market. Did you think this could happen? Yes, we did. Yes. Yeah, our goal was always bigger. We wanted to be at least a regional player in the specialty coffee market for sure, and I think we've achieved that. But this expansion really does mark the largest Buddy Brew expansion ever. It's a total of 10 stores. We have eight open so far in neighborhoods that we've always wanted to be in, where there's been a lot of requests to come, and we just couldn't do it until this Sprouts expansion. And by the way, Sprouts, what a wonderful partner. They are absolutely amazing through and through. But getting into Pasco County, getting into Pinellas County, these are all big dreams that we've always had, and now we're able to do it and have done it. And these cafes, I mean, full service. You've got food and hot drinks, cold drinks, and a little of everything Buddy Brew is known for. That's right. These are full Buddy Brew cafes. We operate them. So this is all our team behind the counter here. And, yes, we have our full espresso menu, our full holiday drink menu, seasonal drinks. We have our breakfast sandwiches, our special toasts, all of our pastries, smoothies. So it's a full cafe. So you can come, enjoy, sip and shop. Get breakfast with us or lunch with us. Yeah, and I like the design where you can either come in and out and just come in. and grab a brew or if you're in shopping It is connected to the grocery store, but it is also its own thing too. Yes, exactly, exactly. It's easy, convenient. There's always parking. Parking, parking, parking's big. All right, I'm assuming you're gonna be opening down the stores open, which is 7am to 5pm. That's the cafe hours. That's right, that's right. That's exactly right. There you go, folks. Possibly coming to a Sprouts near you. To find out the location nearest you or even to order ahead, check out buddybrew.com. Charlie Belcher, Fox 13 News.