Biggby Coffee (pronounced "big B") is an American coffeehouse franchise based in Lansing, Michigan, United States.
Co-founders Bob Fish and Mary Roszel met while attending hospitality courses at Michigan State University, and first worked together as managers of a Lansing, Michigan-based restaurant chain known as the Flap Jack.
[3] The first location opened in April 1995 on Grand River Avenue in East Lansing, Michigan,[4] in a building previously occupied by an Arby's.
[8] Roszel was inducted by her Alma mater into Michigan State University's School of Hospitality Business Hall of Fame for her success with Biggby Coffee.
In July 2011, the company officially released a "new store footprint" that reduced the cost of opening a franchise location by approximately 40 percent.