[jayvanguard]

Are margins on coffee good enough to support this long term? High end coffee is quite expensive as is square footage in small trendy coffee shops.

I suppose the odd abuser who parks their butt for 3-4 hrs a day in the coffee shop can be dealt with in other ways e.g. they must order food to keep a seat. If they are forced to walk to the coffee shop each time they will likely max out at a few coffees a day.

[pwthornton]

I would imagine they are going to try to aim this at the business crowd. My coworkers and I often go and get coffee together. We almost never actually sit down. We talk on the walk to and from the coffee shop. We might take the coffee to a nearby park.

I agree that this won't make business sense with people who use coffee shops as an office.