From the Los Angeles Centennial:

New Coffee-Mart Store Opening Soon!
Coffee-Mart, the largest coffeehouse chain in the world, is set to open its first South Los Angeles franchise in a few months. With over 20,000 stores in 64 countries, Coffee-Mart has dominated the coffee industry since the franchise was bought by billionaire entrepeneur Sam Martin in 2001. In recent years Coffee-Mart has been a target of protests on issues such as fair-trade policies, labor relations, environmental impact, political views, and anti-competitive practices.

“It’s about time we got some more big-name corporations around here to draw in the yuppies and their expandable incomes,” said Th’Omm (prounounced ‘tom’) Terrell. “This is the best news since Krispy Kreme opened here ten years ago.”

While the reaction to the coffee juggernaut coming to the community was generally positive, it could mean trouble for the independently-owned Coffee Joint, located just two blocks away from the new Coffee-Mart site. This paper tried to contact Coffee Joint owner Orlando Reed for comment, but unfortunately he had closed up early and could not be reached before deadline.

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