FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (Blue MauMau) - Having acquired Florida-based Cuppy's Coffee at the end of April, Dale Nabors announced on Friday that the coffee chain's head office will move to Alabama on September 1.

In a letter to Cuppy's franchisees, the new CEO explains the reasons for the move of some 360 miles to the north. "Muscle Shoals is centrally located and it will serve to reduce operational costs," Nabors writes. He reiterates that the goals are to "open all unopened stores as quickly as possible" and to increase "retained earnings of all present and future franchisees."