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Coffee freshly roasted to order. People answer our telephones. Service until we drop. Variety. Knowledge. Flexibility. ETDBW. Easy to do business with. Join Us, Testimonials OCIA Certified Organic CoffeeHistory of Kaffe Magnum OpusKaffe Magnum Opus really started as an aroma in 1955 or so, in an A and P store in East Rockaway, Long Island. Bob Johnson, the person who started Kaffe Magnum Opus was then only 10 but had the enviable task of grinding the coffee for his parents home use. "I always remember the aroma", says Bob. "That aroma hit me again in the Galleria Mall in Philadelphia in 1989 and I decided there and then to change my life completely." After 23 years in finance, Bob followed the aroma into the coffee business and started Kaffe Magnum Opus in 1990. The jumping off point was the Specialty Coffee Association's Annual Seminar held in Seattle in 1990. Top Southern New Jersey is Forested (Yes Forested)Kaffe Magnum Opus now only roasts for the Specialty Coffee trade. The start however was an in line store in the Cumberland Mall, Vineland, New Jersey. Southern New Jersey is frequently talked about as the 52nd state of Union. It is flat, lightly populated and dominated by the Pinelands or Pine Barrens. The Pine Barrens are a 1,000,000 acre forest, crisscrossed by the original dirt roads from the 1700's. See www.forgottentowns.com for more information. The site is maintained by Bob as a hobby. Top Kaffe Magnum Opus Experience with RetailingThe Mall store was a combination drink bar, bean store and gift source. It was very successful and led to the opening of a Cafe in downtown Vineland, where Coffee Time (Kaffe Magnum Opus) led an effort to revive the downtown. It was a full fledged cafe with entertainment. Top The cafe building became the Headquarters and roasting plant for Kaffe Magnum Opus in 1996 when Kaffe Magnum Opus emerged. This past year the roasting plant was moved to Millville, New Jersey into larger more appropriate quarters. Top Kaffe Magnum Opus has been growing rapidly and plans to continue to grow rapidly by becoming the Roaster of Choice for the Specialty Coffee Trade. The company focuses on independent stores and multi store operations. Top Freshness is king in the coffee business and Kaffe Magnum Opus only roasts to order. Even in it new facility with larger roasting equipment the focus is on roasting batches. This insures freshness. Top The Web will soon be a close ally for Kaffe Magnum Opus customers. New sites like this one will focus on great coffees. Customers will be empowered to order directly into the companies order entry system soon. Top Kaffe Magnum Opus lives what it says. It is flexible and has changed many times to fit customer needs. It now has well over 200 flavors, 100 origins and blends and is now intensifying efforts to market organic and fair trade coffee. Top Kaffe Magnum Opus markets OCIA certified organics and is a Fair Trade Certified Coffee roaster. Top Roasting to OrderTour our plant and observe the typical day. Starts slow, builds to a crescendo at 5 PM when UPS arrives to pick up the outbound, freshly roasted coffee. Virtually all of our coffee is roasted to order. The exception proves the rule. For example, if it is Monday and we have no French Roast, we will do a large batch because we can predict that the batch will go today. Top PeopleAnswer the telephones. Our sales professionals all work from their homes. They are professionals with children or simply the need to work from home. Even for them, if they are busy on the telephone, the calls bounce to our roasting facility and are answered by a person. Top ServiceUntil we drop. On the religious holiday, Good Friday, our new customer, Central Craze had moved. The shipment was headed to the old address and we got the call from a Mr. Siracusa around 4 PM. Central Craze was opening for Easter in Ocean City. This is a big day for Ocean City and Central Craze. I will not repeat what everyone was thinking. Lisa Crank, who does just about everything in our facility took the call from Diva Tarbell, the Sales Territory Manager. Notice that they were all working at 4 PM on Good Friday. Lisa volunteered to take her family for an impromptu dinner in Ocean City. She was prepared to redo the order and drive it to the store. Fortunately, UPS was also working and we were able to redirect the coffee to the new address. It was delivered around 5 PM and we all went home to our families. Although it would have been tough to drive to California, the same service will be given to you. Top VarietyKaffe Magnum Opus has:
KnowledgeIf you want to talk about retailing, please come in. Coffee - call or come in. Kaffe Magnum Opus will gladly share its knowledge with you and your staff. The more you know, the more we all sell. See also: www.openacoffeestore.com, where you can fill out a form that helps you think through what your want you retail store to be. If you like to type: http://www.openacoffeestore.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/new_user_click_here.htm FlexibilityWe will do whatever we have to do to give you what you want. Your success really is what drives Kaffe Magnum Opus. Without your success Kaffe Magnum Opus would be just another roaster. But we are dedicated to being the Magnum Opus of Kaffe. Top ETDBWEasy To Do Business With. Telephone, Fax, E-mail, Web Sites, drive in, call in, and soon you will have direct access at any time of day to our order entry system. We are installing a full integrated system that will track orders, issue e-mail confirmations and tacking numbers, and customize our ability to serve you from any point in our plant of sales offices. Top Join US in Improving the American WayCoffee is an experience. It is social, intellectual, biological and emotional. It is a wonderful experience. Let us all join together to socialize and interact in a fast paced world. Help us bring proper wages to people who need it and can stimulate world economies. Help yourself by bringing a Kaffe Magnum Opus to the lips of your next customer. Top Bob Johnson - 800-652-5282 or bob@1cafe.com or www.kaffemagnumopus.com or www.1cafe.com See also www.librarycoffee.com, and www.openacoffeestore.com Top |
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