9, May 2007
Port City Java announces it has approved an additional Port City Java Cafe on the campus of North Carolina State University. The new cafe will be located at Nelson Hall... more
9, February 2007
Port City Java® Announces a New Cafe Opening and Expansion in Existing Markets. New Café Opening. Port City Java announces it has opened a new cafe located at 4820 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC. The cafe's location is on a heavily traveled commuter route and is on the going-to-work side of the highway... more
17, November 2006
Port City Java® Announces Corporate Sales Increase for October 2006; North Carolina State Dining Signs Additional Agreement - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces its corporate café sales increased 15% for October 2006 vs. October 2005. The increase was due to... more
13, October 2006
Port City Java® Sets Up Scholarship to Remember Student - A local company created a UNCW scholarship in memory of an employee killed in a car accident in 2004. A plaque hangs on the wall at Port City Java® on Front Street, commemorating the Holly Michelle Baughman Celebration... more
18, August 2006
Port City Java® Corporate Same Unit Sales Rise for the First 7 Months of 2006; First Costa Rican Café Opens - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces its corporate cafés experienced a same unit sales increase of 9.06% for the first 7 months of 2006 over the same period for 2005... more
30, June 2006
Port City Java® Opens a New Café in Conway, SC; Breakfast Sandwich Program - Port City Java® announces the opening of its newest café located at 2450 HWY 501, in Conway, SC. This is the third unit the company has opened in Myrtle Beach, SC MSA. The new Port City Java® Café is a free-standing... more
07, June 2006
Port City Java® Corporate Same Café Sales Increase for May; Opening a New Café in Tallahassee, FL - Port City Java® announces its " same unit " corporate sales for May 2006 increased by 10% as compared with the same time period in 2005. The company feels same unit sales are a key indicator for unit performance... more
11, May 2006
Port City Java® Opens a New Café in Washington, DC; Developing Marketing Program - Port City Java® announces the opening of its newest café located at 701 North Carolina Ave., SE, Washington, DC. This is the first Port City Java® café to open in the Dc market. The location is a densely populated... more
11, April 2006
Port City Java® Corporate Unit Sales Increase for the First Quarter; New Marketing Endeavors - Port City Java® announces its " same unit " corporate sales for the first quarter, ending March 31st, increased 12.00% as compared with the same time period in 2005. Chief Operating... more
03, March 2006
Port City Java® Opens a Unit across from Duke Hospital; Non-Traditional Locations - Port City Java® announces the opening of a new Port City Java® café at 2424 Erwin Road in Durham, NC, inside Hock Plaza, a multi-floor office building. The café is directly across the street from Duke University... more
02, February 2006
Port City Java® Corporate Same Cafe January Sales Increase; Opens a New Unit at Rutgers University - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces its " same unit " corporate cafés increased sales 15.53% as compared with January 2005. This is the fourth consecutive month the corporate... more
12, January 2006
Golden Corral Buys Stake in Coffee Chain - Golden Corral is known for steak. Its parent has taken a interest in beans - the roasted kind. Investment Management Corp., of Raleigh said Wednesday that it has bought 16 percent of Port City Java®, the Wilmington coffe chain. Golden Corral founder... more
11, January 2006
Port City Java® Announces IMC Investment; Two Additonal Units Announced in Greenville, SC - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces Investment Management Corp. (IMC), parent company of Golden Corral grill-buffet Brand, has acquired a 16% stake in Port City Java®. IMC is a Raleigh, NC based investor company with a focus on multi-unit... more
06, December 2005
Port City Java® Corporate Same Café November Sales Increase 15.87%; New Holiday Drink Program Rolled Out - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces its " same unit " corporate cafés increased sales 15.87% in November 2005 as compared with November 2004. This is the second consecutive... more
08, November 2005
Port City Java® Corporate Café Sales Increase 16.12%; Fairganic™, New Breakfast Sandwich Programs - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces its " same unit " corporate cafés increased sales 16.12% in October 2005 as compared with October 2004. " Same Unit " sales... more
02, November 2005
Port City Java® Opens First Unit in Michigan; Fairganic™ Program - Port City Java® announces the opening of its newest café located at 6931 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI. The café opens daily at 6am and remains open M-S till 10pm and Sunday till 9pm. Port City Java® is very... more
29, September 2005
Port City Java® Opens in Harris Teeter; Non-Traditional/Modular - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces the opening of a new Port City Java® in a Harris Teeter Grocery Store. The café opened within the new Harris Teeter located in the Mayfaire development on 6805 Parker... more
08, September 2005
Port City Java® Corporate Unit Sales Increase 11.31%; Fairganic™, New Breakfast Sandwich Program - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces that it's corporate cafés increased sales by 11.31% in July 2005 vs. July 2004. This represents a " same unit " sales increase... more
05, August 2005
Port City Java® Welcomes the Opening of Rutger University's new Rockoff Hall University Apartments - Landing a bed in Rutgers University's new luxury dorm was not easy for Kenji Fujishima. First he had to enter a lottery to score one of the coveted apartments. Then he fought with... more
01, August 2005
Live Entertainment Gains Popularity Throughout South County - Like a throw back to the beatnik bars of the 60's, an eclectic crowd gathered at Port City Java® for Open Mic Friday. On hand were many talented artists whose cerebral lyrical prose affected onlookers by the accompanying music that brought... more
19, July 2005
Wilmington-based Coffee Vendor Plans Triad Sites - The rapidly growing coffeehouse Port City Java®, is making its first foray into the Triad with stores planned for Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The company, based in Wilmington, is opening a Greensboro franchise in September in Price Place Center... more
28, June 2005
Port City Java® Opens First of Four Cafés in New Market; Fairganic™ Connecting with College Markets - Port City Java® announces that a new Port City Java® café has opened in Greenville, NC. The unit is the first of four planned cafés for the Greenville, NC market. A second café is planned to open in late August 2005, as East Carolina... more
02, June 2005
Port City Java® Reports 11.6% Same Corp. Store Revenue Increases for May 2005; New Markets - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces an 11.6% same store sales increase for its same coprporate units for May 2005 as compared with May 2004. The company is extremely pleased with... more
28, April 2005
Port City Java® Expands Executive Staff and Franchisee Support - Port City Java® announces it has made two additions to its Executive Staff. COO Don Reynolds states, " given the company's growth over the past 12 months, the company experienced 489% growth in 2004; we are... more
04, April 2005
Port City Java® Opening in Salisbury, NC - June 2005 - In June, Port City Java® will offer coffee fans the latest place to sit and relax with their favorite brew. Michael and Cecelia Hughes are opening the local franchise in te Ketner Center building that most recently housed Duke Power. It was originally... more
17, March 2005
Port City Java® Opens New Unit in Charlotte; Introduces Port City Java® Lunch Box Program - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces the opening of a new Port City Java® café located in SouthPark Towers, at 600 Fairview Road in Charlotte, NC. This is the... more
28, February 2005
Port City Java® at Old Dominion University; Fairganic™ Alignment - Port City Java® announces the opening of a Port City Java® café adjacent to the Old Dominion University campus in Norfolk, VA. The new 1,850 sq. ft. café is located in The Shops at University Village. The... more
03, February 2005
Port City Java® Expands Greenville, SC Market - Wilmington, NC based Port City Java® announces it has opened a second café in the Greenville, SC market. The café, which has a Drive-Thru window, is located at 409 Mills Avenue. Port City Java® opened its first Greenville, SC operation in... more
28, January 2005
Port City Java® Opens/Develops Modular Design - Port City Java®, operator and franchisor of 67 coffee shops, opened a new prototype designed to operate in nontraditional café settings, marking the company's third location in a Harris Teeter grocery store. The new modular unit is built... more
18, January 2005
Port City Java® Leaps Sea - When Port City Java® opens its newest store next month, there will be an all-male staff and a wall dividing the men's seating area and the women's. It's not that the Wilmington-based coffee chain employs sexist practices. It's just that this particular store is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia... more
09, January 2005
Nation's Restuarant News - Restaurants in the five-state Atlantic Coast pocket from Virginia to Florida, along with Tennessee, are expected to lead the expectedly strong sales growth of the greater Southeast region during 2005, based on expanding jobs, personal income and... more
20, November 2004
Old Dominion University - Old Dominion University Real Estate Foundation announces that the first three leases have been executed at The Shops at University Village. Boars Nest Bar Bistro, Port City Java® and Perfectly Frank are the first of many anticipated restaurants and shops to lease... more
01, October 2004
Living Magazine - Grand Opening in The Woodlands - From the unique bland of people who go there, to the organic premium blends of coffees that are served there, Port City Java® in The Woodlands is definitely a coffee house worth visiting - again and again. " When we designed the coffee... more
1, December 2002
Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition & Port City Java® Brewing Something New - The Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition (SAFC) recently started brewing something new with Port City Java® - the Great Forest Blend - shade grown, organic, free trade... more
01, September 2002
ChainLeader Magazine - An Average Joe - Don Reynolds strikes you as a guy who has had a lot of caffeine this morning. Well, every morning. Speaking unusually fast for a North Carolinian - albeit with the telltale twang - Reynolds juggles a ringing cell phone while he talks on his office... more
