WINONA. Minn. – The 555th franchise in the Scooter’s drive-through coffee shop chain is being built on the Far West End. The site: At 1700 Service Drive at the U.S. Highway 14 and 16 intersection but accessible only from the entrance to the former JCPenny department store that’s now a Fastenal office building. It’s at the 90-degree turn that once was the Penny auto service outbuilding. Target date for opening was not announced.
Cookie-cutter design. The shop fits Scooter’s standard minimalist design of recent years. No inside seating. The initial investment to open a franchise: $800,000 to $1.3 million.
Scooter’s profile
The first Scotter’s was the brainchild of Don and Linda Eckles in the Omaha, Nebrrasa, suburb of Bellevue in 1998. The original name: Scooter’s Java Express. The idea was that customers could scoot in and scoot out quickly. Coffees come from Ethiopea and Colombia. The menu: Coffees, hot and iced; teas; smoothies; and nuked pastries and sandwiches. The signature drink: Caramelicious with, you guessed it, caramel.