Home: About Us: Meet Joanne Shaw

It was the year of the bicentennial, 1976, and JoAnne and Julius Shaw had decided to take a chance on a new concept - selling specialty coffee to consumers. They opened their first store in Dearborn, Michigan, and, in the 26 years since then, the company has grown into a multi-million dollar franchise business, with the headquarters based in Flushing, Michigan.

By 1985 the company had eight retail stores, and the Shaw's began offering franchise opportunities. Since then, Coffee Beanery has expanded to 180 locations in 28 states, Guam and seven countries. The company became an international company in 2001 with the opening of a master franchise in Seoul, Korea. In 2002 Coffee Beanery opened in Chengdu, China and will soon be opening in UAE, Bahrain and Dubai. Fiscal system-wide sales for Coffee Beanery exceeded $51 million.
 

As president, Shaw brings more than 35 years of experience in the coffee business to her role. Prior to The Coffee Beanery's inception, she was a partner in Shaw Services, a corporation operating Ye Olde Coffee Service and S&S Snacks. Shaw's involvement in Coffee Beanery includes planning and strategic direction of the company's growth, expansion plans. She also takes an active role in ensuring the company's quality products, people and service and profitability. Shaw's work with specialty coffee doesn't end at the office door. She has taken an active role in professional affiliations. Shaw currently serves on the board of directors of the International Franchise Association and in the year 2000 was the first woman to chair the 40- year-old Association. In addition, she is a past president of the Specialty Coffee Association of America.

Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, recently awarded an honorary doctoral degree in management to Shaw. She was chosen for this honor because of her remarkable career in which she has exhibited an entrepreneurial spirit, nationwide success and elected leadership of professional trade associations.

Shaw was a finalist in Inc. magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year program in 1989 and 1990, and was named Entrepreneur of the Year in Michigan in 1991. She has been inducted as a lifetime member in the Entrepreneurial Institute. In 1995, Shaw became the first recipient of the Bonny LeVine Award, given by the International Franchise Association to an individual who has served as a mentor to women. JoAnne and Julius reside in Michigan.

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