Meet the woman hired to grow the Southern Grounds coffee shop franchise


Florida favorite Southern Grounds coffee shop has seen success, growing from its base in Neptune Beach into San Marco in 2018 and then expanding into Avondale two years later.

Its most recent project has been opening an operation at Jacksonville International Airport, with plans for a second, even larger store in the works.

That growth is just a step toward an expansive goal: To open up about a dozen operations each year for the next decade, bringing the brand to communities across the Southeast.…

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