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Bearclaw Coffee Bearclaw Coffee Co is a primarily drive-through coffee chain franchise based in Chelsea, Michigan. There are currently 21 Bearclaw locations. The company was founded in 2002 by owners Debi and Doug Scroggins.  Co. of Chelsea, Michigan Chelsea is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,398.

In March 2004, by a 995-226 vote, residents approved a change in municipal status from a village into a city.
, has expanded its board of directors with the addition of Mary Jean Raab. Raab has also been retained as a business and franchise development consultant for the company with its strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , marketing and product development.

Previously, Rabb was a senior vice president, of Borders Group Incorporated, and a member of the Borders executive committee. Her responsibilities included planning, concept design, financial modeling, marketing, operations, system implantation, and purchasing for several key corporate entrepreneurial initiatives. She also served as vice president of cafe Operations for all of Borders 350 superstores.

Started with one store in a Dexter, Michigan Dexter is a village in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The majority of the village is in the northwest corner of Scio Township with a small portion (approximately 200 homes) in Webster Township. The population was 2,338 at the 2000 census.  cornfield in 2002 by owners Debi and Doug Scroggins, Bearclaw has grown to become one of the fastest growing Coffee Shop Franchise businesses in the country, with stores opening throughout the Midwest, East Coast and South. Bearclaw offers three different types of franchise stores including their signature drive-thru cabin, a freestanding sit-down facility, and a strip mall strip mall
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A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot.

Noun 1.
 end cap store that can be drive-thru, sit-down or a combination of both.

Bearclaw Coffee Co. is a member of the International Franchise Association (IFA Immunofluorescent assay (IFA)
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), and of MinorityFran, an initiative of the International Franchise Association (IFA). Launched in 2006, MinorityFran was created to build the awareness of franchising within minority communities and increase the numbers of minority franchisees, employees and suppliers. Bearclaw currently has 21 stores located throughout Michigan.
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Publication:Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
Date:Jan 1, 2007
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