Tiendas Juan Valdez (NSR)

[Pibe#10]

http://www.colombia.com/turismo/sitio/juanvaldez/images/gallery/1_gr.jpg
The man himself, Colombia at its best.

Stores located in Bogotá (6), Medellín, Parque del Café (Quindío), Washinton DC, and New York.


"Colombia cuenta actualmente con 11 tiendas en el país y dos más en el exterior. Solamente en Bogotá hay seis, cada una ubicada en sitios estratégicos de la ciudad. Habitantes de esta metrópoli y turistas encuentran dos en el Aeropuerto El dorado: una en la sala de espera del Muelle Internacional; una en la tienda In Bond; y otra en el Puente Aéreo"

http://www.colombia.com/turismo/sitio/juanvaldez/index.asp

I will definately try to go see the one in DC

http://www.colombia.com/turismo/sitio/juanvaldez/images/gallery/13_gr.jpg
Washington DC (USA)

[Ilovecolombia redded]

jaun valdez ese que tenia un programa en senal?

[sidspaceman]

Colombian coffee icon Juan Valdez will lead his country's growers' federation into Manhattan on Tuesday to open its first New York coffee shop, and market watchers are wondering whether the challenge to Starbucks Corp. will amount to a hill of beans.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6344740&pageNumber=0

[chibchab]

I read about this a few months back and am happy that the NY store opened. I seems like the don't have grand plans ala Starbucks, at least initially, which is a shame because Juan Valdez is an icon that they can build the brand on.

[Pibe#10]

It will be a fight, like Brazil vs Colombia last night, but I think people will be drawn to the new 'shop' in town.

[efernandez9]

It will be a fight, like Brazil vs Colombia last night, but I think people will be drawn to the new 'shop' in town.
vendan cafe pelaos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

el que pase por nueva york avise y visite, cuenten por estos lados que tal es el cafe....

nos vemos con la mula? saben como se llama la mula?

[eric_appleby]

I think this has a lot of potential.

Fill me in, don't more of the profits go directly to the growers?

I never understood how a cup of coffee can cost 3-4 bucks here, and the people growing it are making almost nothing.

Put these in college towns. People hate Starbucks.

[sidspaceman]

vendan cafe pelaos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

el que pase por nueva york avise y visite, cuenten por estos lados que tal es el cafe....

nos vemos con la mula? saben como se llama la mula?

I might go to the one in New York tonight.

[Pibe#10]

I think this has a lot of potential.

Fill me in, don't more of the profits go directly to the growers?

I never understood how a cup of coffee can cost 3-4 bucks here, and the people growing it are making almost nothing.

Put these in college towns. People hate Starbucks.

you got that right, Starbucks is overrated in my opinion, the coffe tastes burned....blah, Starbucks does bad in our University, we buy from the local store.

[chibchab]

I think this has a lot of potential.

Fill me in, don't more of the profits go directly to the growers?

I never understood how a cup of coffee can cost 3-4 bucks here, and the people growing it are making almost nothing.

Put these in college towns. People hate Starbucks.

I've visited Starbucks only one time in my life and I ended up throwing out most of the coffee. That's what I think about Starbucks.

I think these new shops are licensed by the Growers Federation that is owned by growers in Colombia so they do see some revenue from sales.

Unfortunately prices soar in part to the overhead these shops have in paying rent for locales.

[efernandez9]

I think this has a lot of potential.

Fill me in, don't more of the profits go directly to the growers?

I never understood how a cup of coffee can cost 3-4 bucks here, and the people growing it are making almost nothing.

Put these in college towns. People hate Starbucks.
the goal from all colombians is to see the pound coffe to go over .99 cts

we have been under .90 cts for way too long, part of the problems in the colombian country side is that FKKKKING price, that drives campesinos to grow or work for some one else (ya know who that is!)

I love this subject!

back to the shop: I had check on the price tag of the franchise when president Uribe and the colombian coffee federation announced the project 2yrs ago...... I found an investor in Bogota to look at the market here in tx, and now the waiting list to get a shop is 1000 other investors.....

we will be very well ck out for reputation and deep pockets, the federation is very picky about his image (do not blame them.....)....in other words ----there goes my dream, I always wanted to run a coffee shop serving all releating products from the federation.....

I grew up spending all my summer breaks in a large coffee plantation! amaga, Ant


Pibe....nice avatar......got kind of close to mine, congratsd, good TASTE

did anybody answer to the name of Juan's Mule?

is a she

[Pibe#10]

Pibe....nice avatar......got kind of close to mine, congratsd, good TASTE

did anybody answer to the name of Juan's Mule?

is a she

a thank you thank you efer, I researched high and low, but couldn't find the name, but yea, I think its a she.

[Pibe#10]

aca pueden ver todas la campañas publicitarias de la Federación

http://www.juanvaldez.com/espanol/menu/advertising/index.html

y aca en Inglés

http://www.juanvaldez.com/menu/advertising/index.html

ah y sobre la mula:

http://www.juanvaldez.com/menu/advertising/ads/images/anything.jpeg

[Pibe#10]

miren al Juan con Hillary Duff

http://www.suprmchaos.com/juan-valdez_051503.jpg
This was at the premier of "Bruce Almighty," Juan's in there, how many of you have seen the movie?

This guy was Juan Valdez from Halloween, guess he got the wrong hat huh?

http://homepage.mac.com/amazingbrian/iblog/C300051350/E844561182/Media/PICT4287001.jpg

[efernandez9]

imaginate que el tipo que hacia las campañas de la federacion como Juan valdez, antes que este look alike.....nacio en chicago, IL

la mula no se donde nacio! ya sabes el nombre?

estre thread merece estrellas!

[Pibe#10]

imaginate que el tipo que hacia las campañas de la federacion como Juan valdez, antes que este look alike.....nacio en chicago, IL

"In 1969, Carlos Sánchez of Medellín, Colombia, was chosen to replace José F. Duval, a New York based actor, who had until then portrayed Juan Valdez. Mr. Sánchez has been Juan ever since and is now one of the longest living fictitious characters for any advertising product."

[efernandez9]

garcia por corregirme, una vez en chicago me hacharon ese cuento, pues la agencia si parece estar en chicago para representar los intereses de mercadotecnia de la federacion....


nueva york....ahhh el caso es que no era colombiano (la mula si!) 1969.....buen año...

gracias parce.

[eric_appleby]

I walked into a Cafe Oma in Bogota two years ago and had a cup of coffee.
It blew me away, i'd never had coffee that was so flavorful. Incredible.

I can envision Juan Valdez coffee shops spreading across this country.
It's a shame though, you have to already be rich to get in on an investment to get rich.

[Pibe#10]

awesome, good stuff, thanks for sharing with us.

efer: anytime bro.

[efernandez9]

http://www.colombia.com/turismo/sitio/juanvaldez/images/gallery/16_gr.jpg

ya esta inagurada la tienda en NY (foto) y una mas en Washignton