This beloved coffee chain has just announced the bankruptcy
Brooklyn's roasting company has deposited for bankruptcy because COVID claims another company.
The last victim of pandemic coronavirus is one of theBest quality coffee chains in the countryside. On October 21st,Brooklyn's roasting company announced that it wasFiling of Chapter 11 Protection against bankruptcy,Am New York reports. Read more, and for another company that closes the shop, checkThis popular gym closes all its locations.
"Like many other companies at this point, we definitely shot in the hospital, but we go out and do not go to the cemetery", founderJim Munson said in a statement. "New York City needs a big roasting company of Brooklyn and we have any intention to fulfill this potential."
While two of the locations of the company closed because of the pandemic will not reopen (Jay Street in Dumbo and 50 W. 23rd Street in Manhattan), the following locations stay in Brooklyn: 200 Gushings, Building 92, 45 Washington Street, and a pop-up shop in Williamsburg inside Brooklyn Denim Co. (338 Avenue).
The Brooklyn roasting company was created for the first time by Munson, former partner of the Brooklyn Brewery, in 2009. The company finally expanded to seven locations, as well as goods and a subscription service. Coffee. Four employees were trained as "Qidic Q", the equivalent of the coffee industry to be a master sommelier (as a reference, there is only 4,000 graders q across the coffee sector global). They would spend weeksTasting more than 130 cafes Before selecting the top six varieties for society.
AStrong Profile in 2019 Munson mission statement detailed for the Brooklyn roasting company: "That the outline of our logo - like the outline of Brooklyn - never changes, but what is the interior - thecharacter of our cafes And the character of people who work here - always changes. "
According to the deposit of the bankruptcy, the problems of the company pre-deprived the beginning of the Pandemic of Covid. The discussions took place in 2018 for this to be purchased by an investment group for $ 22 million, but as a result of the acquisition of new real estate and investor demand staff, the agreement decreased . In early 2019, the "financial condition" of the Brooklyn roasting company "and revenues decreased for the first time at $ 9.7 million.
Like the stabilized society and revenues increased by $ 10.3 million, the pandemic began, taking half of the company's regular sales and also connected to its wholesale activities. Despite the receipt of a $ 727,000 federal loan of $ 727,000, the money mentioned in August, hence the recent bankruptcy deposit.
Publisher Note: This article has been corrected to accurately indicate that Brooklyn roasting company closes two of its locations. Previously, he previously reported that the company closed all the cafes.
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