Coffee Fellows

Coffee Fellows is a German chain of New-York-style cafés focused on coffee to go, rounded out with bagels and snacks. A cozy setting and fast service aim mainly at high-traffic spots — stations, airports, busy streets, and malls. It differs from a classic sit-down café in its focus on coffee-to-go and simple food with the coffee, not long sitting.

The brand offers two ways in. With a classic franchise, you finance the build-out and equipment of the outlet yourself and HQ helps you with it; with a lease (lease variant), HQ builds and pays the rent, you take over a fully equipped café and pay revenue-based fees. In both cases, you get the right to use the brand, system know-how including recipes and the POS system, staff training and certification, central marketing, and area-manager support. What stays on you is daily operations, staffing, and the guest experience.