What We Can Do for the “Society.”
Once we set up shop on the land, we will work for the community.
We will strive to create a community where people can spend
their time comfortably and with peace of mind
by being close to the “city” and its “people,”
and to promote local attractions in an effort to revitalize the community.
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We are delivering a cup of coffee with the future in mind.
“COFFEE-KAN” is working to contribute to the social in which coffee is grown by delivering a carefully selected seasonal exclusive cup of coffee from sustainable plantations to ensure that coffee has a future.
From March 2024, “Papua New Guinea Tropical Mountain,” in Papua New Guinea, will go on sale. By trading these coffee beans at a reasonable price through a bidding system in which anyone can participate in equally, it helps motivate the producers and improves the quality, and this supports stable livelihoods for the producers. Furthermore, we are also contributing by supporting the lives of producers in such ways as installing rainwater storage tanks to secure water resources and donating textbooks as education assistance.
*Please note that the Papua New Guinea Tropical Mountain will be sold for a limited period only. -
We hold work experience programs and workshops so that students can appreciate the joy and satisfaction of working in the food service industry.
Since June 2022, C-United has been welcoming students from schools near our shops and holding work experience programs as well as workshops for children and their parents to enjoy collaboratively with the local communities. For the work experience programs, students try to perform such work duties as serving customers and making products over a few days at actual shops; and for the workshops, children and their parents work together on activities that include latte art and chalkboard inscription under the theme: “What is it like to work at a café?” We will continue to cherish the warm connections between these towns and their people and make every effort to help individuals to feel the joy and satisfaction of working in the food service industry and imagine their future dreams and goals through these activities.
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We offer a small gift for children in the hospital during the Christmas season.
During the Christmas season at some of our CAFÉ de CRIÉ locations within hospitals, shop staff members dress up as Santa Clause, reindeer, and in other costumes and visit children in the hospitals, where they interact with the children and present them with small gifts. In the course of our communication with these children, we receive delightful messages from them, which in turn energizes us for the daily operation of our shops. We will continue to value the bonds between people and foster these warm interactions.
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THE SMOKIST COFFEE Is a Brand That Aims to Create a Smoking and Non-smoking Society That Is Comfortable for Both Smokers and Non-smokers.
In November 2020, we launched THE SMOKIST COFFEE, a place where people can enjoy cigarettes and coffee, with the goal of creating a comfortable smoking and non-smoking society and helping to create a city where people can coexist comfortably. We cherish the culture of "drinking coffee with a cigarette in one hand," which has been common in the past, and offer our customers a relaxing time. On the other hand, street smoking has become a problem, as seen in the Revised Health Promotion Act, which came into full effect in April 2020. In light of these circumstances, we are working to reduce the opportunities for non-smokers to “secondhand smoke" by creating smoking areas in our daily lives.
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We Will Engage in Community Cleanup Activities, Valuing Warm Interaction With Everyone in the Neighboring Community.
C-United aims to make shops that are assets to the towns, and together with providing pleasant in-shop experiences, we hope to contribute to developing communities where everyone in the neighborhoods can feel comfortable. During daily cleanup activities at our shops, we not only clean in front of our shops but also at the establishments on both sides out of appreciation for them. And in addition to this, we also participate in town cleanup programs in each local area. Through these local cleanup activities, we value the warm face-to-face interactions with everyone in the neighborhoods as we continue our efforts to make these towns more beautiful.