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History
Management
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Our Goals
What We Do
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History

Phil'z coffee was founded in 2003 by a man named Phil Jaber. Philz Coffee has developed a devoted following, and for a good reason. All the blends available at Philz are the result of 25 years of coffee alchemy and invention.

It all started on 24th and Folsom in San Francisco where Phil himself has been for almost 35 years where it was once a grocery store. Phil grew up with a welcoming, friendly, hospitable personality and always wanted to make sure everyone is happy and united. To this day he treats everyone alike. Phil has passionately been into coffee all his life and always experimented with different types of beans from around the world. Phil was never into single origin beans; he believes in blends and combining coffees from around the world from 2 to as many 7 different beans to make unique complex blends. While it was a grocery store Phil used to make his own coffee using several different methods, i.e. Espresso, French press, drip, etc.. Phil did not really believe in machines and always like to make everything by hand. Phil was introduced to the drip station and believed in it because it required no machines and it made his blends come out the best. Everything he made from then on was “one cup at a time”. Phil used to let some of his customers at the grocery store try some of his blends which incorporated his methods of making coffee. Every customer that tried it loved it. So, slowly Phil started transitioning his grocery store into a coffee shop. Jacob, Phil's son has been helping him from the beginning. Jacob, started ringing people up at the register and building relationships with the customers. As he got used to and learned the business more, he quickly started taking over and coming out with his own blends and drinks. The corner store now became a hot spot for some amazingly good coffee. Phil wanted to change the name of his grocery store which was named gateway market. He thought of Phils Coffee and everybody liked it until Phil's daughter Jessica said why don't we replace the s in Phils with a z to give it a kick! Phil tried it out and it looked good together so it was now “Philz Coffee”. After a couple of years Phil and Jacob opened their second location in the Castro and Philz Coffee fans continued to grow. Every month we would receive press from newspapers, television, etc... People from around the world started hearing about our coffee and ordered our beans online from our website which was started quickly after the second location. We have built a solid respectful reputation over the past 6 years by working 7 days a weak and by loving what we do. We believe in first class customer service and serving the best coffee anyone has ever imagined; it is as simple as that. We even have people that come directly from the airport just to try our coffee! Our goals are the exact same as the first day we worked; and that is to always love what we do, work hard, provide amazing customer service, stay productive and consistent day in and out. Today, while Phil still works every day, Jacob runs Philz Coffee INC.

Management

We believe management is the most important factor in each and every store as well as the all around business. Thats why we strive to have a strong, firm, friendly management team that focuses on what we need. Every 2-3 weeks we hold meetings for the management in each store to ensure success. We focus on remembering why we started and who we are. We focus strongly on simplicity. We believe things can get overcomplicated easily and feel that is time wasted. We always stick to the basics. Our management is always open to new ideas within the company.

Staff

Philz Coffee knows our strength as an organization begins with selecting the very best individuals to join our team. That's why we’re committed to attracting, developing and keeping a diverse workforce that reflects the nature of our business.

We value employees who embrace challenges and thrive in a culture of innovation and integrity. Philz coffee offers career opportunities for a successful future.
Superior performance is achieved when employees, managers and the company share certain key beliefs about our mutual responsibilities to one another. The Philz Coffee Philosophy describes a culture in which employees can achieve their full potential to make exceptional contributions, confident that these will be welcomed and rewarded.

We expect the best of ourselves and each other.

• We are committed to attracting, developing and keeping a multicultural workforce that reflects the nature of our business
• Our communications with one another are open, honest and timely.
• We strive for the active involvement of every employee in our continued success and growth.
• We accept the challenge of lifelong learning.
• We do our work with love and passion.
• We are accountable for our commitments and expect that our performance will be measured.
• Employee ideas are valued and encouraged as we build an environment in which new ideas flourish.
• We are 100% committed to making every minute productive.
• We are committed and excited in delivering outstanding customer service.

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Our Goals
Philz coffee focuses on quality, consistency, and productivity. One of our major attributes is that we are a very optimistic company. Our management always has a positive outlook for the future even through hard times. Our main goal is to always make sure that everyone on our team, stays passionate about what we do in every aspect of the business. It is important that every employee and customer is happy and having a good time with what they are doing. We believe that if you are having fun with what you are doing you will do a great job. That is priority, along with growing and spreading our love and passion around the world with the same quality and welcoming in each store. We are not only focused on serving the best cup of coffee and providing outstanding service, but also delivering an unforgettable experience to each customer alike.

What We Do
We strive to make everyones day that walks in our store, by welcoming them as if they were to enter grandmas house. We seek to give out customers the absolute best cup of coffee they have ever had. We love to think of it as spoiling every customer. We want every customer that leaves our store to feel like they just left a vacation. We represent ourselves to our customers as a close team that signifies passion in everything we do.