Replies to post #16799 on Baristas Coffee Company, Inc. (BCCI)

[BobSinCA]

The connection is the following (folks can correct, this is by memory):

- A couple of days ago a poster found a Craigslist add for Barista's baristas in Missoula. For sure Baristas, as the ad (a link was posted) talked about the reality show.

- Another poster said a friend's girlfriend had called, the ad was real (a doubter pointed out that the ad said, don't call).

- Store turns out to be in the parking lot of a Harley Davidson dealer, but that address was also shown to have an Ooh La Latte store, then followed the links to which you refer.

- Pizzaman reported that he had obtained pictures of the store, with Barista's banners. He didn't post them, but said would share with anyone emailing him.

So, that is where it stands. A hypothesis could be that Barista's has taken over an Ooh La Latte store, and rebranded.

[FN22]

I saw no connection either. There has been no proof/photos presented that there is a connection and if you read the articles you can see that the Ooh La Latte new location had recently opened. If Ooh La Latte and Baristas are partners that is one thing, but if not, then what these links tell me is that if Ooh La latte sold to Baristas then their recently opened business was either not doing well or Baristas made them an offer they could not turn down. Am I missing something in the articles? I would think Baristas would have released a PR if they opened/acquired this location in light of all the questions surrounding growth. Overall, in tracking this stock and reading the posts on this board all I can see is smoke and mirrors and sketchy unsubstantiated information.