It’s our First Anniversary at JJ St. Clair 1 year in Toronto on Halloween means… it’s PARTY TIME at 2 St. Clair Ave. W.! We’re celebrating all day with 50% off cookies and just $1.50 for traditional drinks (cappuccino, [ … ] Read More
Category Archives: Community
Support Mexico – Fri, Oct 13
Every tip helps those devastated by the Earthquake in Mexico. On Sept. 19, 2017, Mexico City and surrounding areas including Morelos and Puebla suffered devastation from a 7.1M earthquake. This followed an 8.1M quake in Oaxaca and Chiapas on [ … ] Read More
JJ Bean & imagine1day funding education, clean water in two Ethiopian communities
This summer JJ Bean Coffee Roasters raised over $70,000 with imagine1day to build a kindergarten in Haro Dumal, Ethiopia. Thanks to the generosity of customers and other partners, the original $37,000 fundraising goal was almost doubled and the original [ … ] Read More
JJ Bean UBC Grand Opening August 14-19, 2017
JJ Bean UBC Grand Opening! We’re now open at UBC in Vancouver and have these wonderful offers ready for you… Monday August 14 $1.50 traditional drinks: cappuccinos, macchiatos, espressos Tuesday August 15 50% OFF baked goods with purchase of any coffee, [ … ] Read More
JJ Bean Eglinton Grand Opening August 14-19, 2017
JJ Bean Eglinton Grand Opening! We’re now open off the corner of Yonge & Eglinton in uptown Toronto and have these wonderful offers ready for you… Monday August 14 $1.50 traditional drinks: cappuccinos, macchiatos, espressos Tuesday August 15 50% OFF baked [ … ] Read More
JJ Bean X imagine1day Building A Kindergarten In Ethiopia
UPDATE: #tipyourbarista on Friday July 21. Your baristas and bakers are donating all tips on July 21 to support the school build project. We’re matching all donations up to $15,000USD. We’re always blown away by the generosity of our [ … ] Read More
Over $12,000 Raised for Nepal!
On April 25, a devastating earthquake struck Nepal and the surrounding region. With many aftershocks, and another earthquake that hit just two weeks later, the region is in dire need of aid. On May 8, our staff offered their day’s tips to [ … ] Read More
Habitat 2015: Guatemala
This year’s Habitat team was comprised of 12 JJ staffers. Through the support of our AMAZING customers, the team was able to help build three homes in Guatemala—one in Chiquimula, and two others in the Antigua region. We will [ … ] Read More
Story Telling Night
Over the past year, our Habitat Team has been hard at work fundraising for their Spring 2015 trip to Guatemala to build homes with Habitat for Humanity Canada. Thanks to our incredibly generous customers and sponsors, they’ve nearly reached [ … ] Read More
Origin Trip 2014: South America
Carmo Estate, Brazil: June 11 – 13, 2014 Neto Franco and I arrived in Pouso Alegre (specifically Heliodora) to see Carmo Estate on June 11. Tulio Junqueira greeted us enthusiastically and straight away we went to view his farm. [ … ] Read More
Habitat Trip 2013: El Salvador
It all began with a deep desire to give back. To be able to make a direct impact to the countries that work so hard for us as a company, and that provide us with our careers, is a [ … ] Read More
JJ Bean 2013 Donation Report
2013 was another fantastic year for JJ Bean. We welcomed new staff, new customers—and we were welcomed into new neighbourhoods with our new cafés! 2013 was also a very successful donation year for us. And we couldn’t have done [ … ] Read More
Friday November 29: Philippines Fundraiser
On Friday November 8, Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines. The devastation would continue for several days, leaving the country in a state of emergency. Currently the death-toll is 5,500 and rising, nearly 2,000 people are missing, and [ … ] Read More