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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
fast food
Fast food
Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...
chain specializing in bubble tea
Bubble tea
Bubble tea is the name for pearl milk tea and other similar tea and juice beverages that originated in tea shops in Taichung, Taiwan during the 1980s. Drink recipes may vary, but most bubble teas contain a tea base mixed with fruit and/or milk...
, coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
, espresso
Espresso
Espresso is a concentrated beverage brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee. Espresso is widely known throughout the world....
, a large variety of fruit juices, slushes
Slush (beverage)
A slush is a flavored frozen drink.There are a number of different kinds of slush drinks:* Frozen carbonated beverages, typified by the Slurpee or ICEE, are made by freezing a carbonated drink. These machines are complicated and expensive, and notably require a carbon dioxide supply...
and smoothie
Smoothie
A smoothie is a blended and sometimes sweetened beverage made from fresh fruit and in special cases can contain chocolate or peanut butter. In addition to fruit, many smoothies include crushed ice, frozen fruit, honey or contain syrup and ice ingredients...
s, and a variety of other kinds of cold and hot tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
s. In addition to the beverages, many stores also serve light meals. The U.S. Headquarters are in Industry, CA.
Lollicup operates under Trademark License model, under which the licensees (operators) maintain complete control over the store, without having to pay for the royalty fee. Lollicup also made their products available online on their website for non-licensed customers. Lollicup's U.S. Headquarters, Lollicup USA, has also since expanded and branched into disposable food container manufacturing/distribution. They now manufacture and distribute their Karat line of disposable food containers/wares through various foodservice distributors and Cup Depot.
Store locations are most common in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Lollicup opened its first store in San Gabriel, CA, but has grown since.
In addition to franchises, Lollicup branded teas and beverages are available for purchase at unaffiliated stores.
Some Lollicup locations, such as in Rancho Cordova, CA, offer Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
access through PC terminals located in the dining area.
As of 2007 Lollicup pulled out of Texas due to local competition in the Houston and Dallas markets. Lollicup also exited Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio.
