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Caribou Coffee Add Power Outlets

I had a meeting yesterday afternoon at a newly opened Caribou Coffee in Minnetonka, Minnesota. In fact, I believe it was their first day.

After ordering my drink, I went through my normal routine of surveying the tables to find one near a power outlet. A quick glance found one along a wall, so I started walking toward it.

However, one my way to that table I noticed something I've never seen in a coffee shop before:

Caribou Coffee actually installed power outlets in the floor of this new store, providing easy access to power from every table in the place!

There are tons of coffee shops in Minnetonka, including another Caribou Coffee location only blocks from this location (actually, that's the one I was supposed to be at, but I went to the new one by accident) but I now have an obvious first choice for meetings in this part of the Twin Cities.

Easily accessible power, free WiFi (you have to buy something every hour), and good drinks. I'm sold.

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1. Posted by: Trey Bason on October 30, 2007 4:49 PM:

I am a big fan of this company. From all of the stores I have been in all of the employees are great and the stores are welcoming. This is a simple but smart idea. I believe in order to get free wifi you only need to buy 1 drink per visit. Maybe I am wrong though.

2. Posted by: Ed Kohler on October 30, 2007 10:13 PM:

That's correct, Trey. The WiFi is open for an hour. After that, it locks you out but you can get a code for additional time from the staff by buying something.

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