Media Release
Ajman, Jun 14: According to Thumbay group’s strategic plans, 100 Blends & Brews coffee shops will be added worldwide, by 2020.
Blends & Brews Coffee Shoppe, the Dubai-born international brand of coffee shops under Thumbay group’s hospitality division, has opened a new drive-thru outlet in ‘The Black Square’ building, here. Opened on Tuesday, June 7, the new coffee shop is the 18th outlet in the UAE and the 7th in the region. It serves the most delicious range of coffees, tea, signature drinks and savories, along with the brand’s popular range of sugar-free beverages, cakes and cookies.
Commenting on the new coffee shop and its expansion plans, Farhad C, director of the hospitality division of Thumbay Group said, “Blends & Brews presents unique and skillfully blended coffee drinks, providing very unique flavor, which is tasty to the last drop. We strive to maintain and offer high quality products to our valued customers. The demand and customer base has grown over the years and we do not want to disappoint them by limiting our presence. Hence we want to be available close to our clientele.”
The drive-thru facility at the new outlet offers great convenience to customers in terms of access, and it also saves them time. This is the first drive-thru coffee shop in Ajman, and it extends Blends & Brews’ services and products to customers who would like to pick up their favorite beverages whilst on the road or to carry home.
Blends & Brews has multiple outlets in Dubai, Sharjah, Fujairah and Ajman, in addition to its recent foray into India with a new outlet in Hyderabad. The strategic plan of Thumbay Group includes the addition of 100 Blends & Brews outlets by 2020, and the extension of franchise offers to partners in countries including India and the MENA region.
Blends & Brews Coffee Shoppe’s beverages have won many awards in various national and international competitions. Some of the awards include the ‘Best Signature Drink of the Year-2006’ award at the 1st UAE Barista Championship held at Dubai Trade Center in association with DSS Summer Fiesta and Illy Caffé, the 'Platinum Award' at the Indian Barista Championship for the year 2007 organized by the Specialty Coffee Association of India and the Coffee Board of India. Blends & Brews Coffee Shoppe’s Barista represented the brand at the World Barista Championship in Tokyo, Japan in July 2007.