Coffee Cafe Bakery expansion in Atlanta to create 70 jobs

Coffee Cafe Bakery’s Atlanta expansion is set to add up to 70 jobs and nearly $10 million in investment, turning a familiar coffee-and-bakery name into a much larger presence in the city’s food scene. The project matters because it is not just another storefront opening. It points to a bigger production footprint built to push baked goods and coffee-adjacent supply through Atlanta and into the Southeast.

The company’s Atlanta push lines up with a broader model that has been taking shape for years. In August 2020, Georgia officials announced an Atlanta-based Coffee Café Bakery production facility intended to supply the Southeast. Invest Atlanta has also described the project as a production facility to supply baked goods and jobs, a framing that makes clear this is as much about back-of-house scale as it is about customer-facing retail.

That earlier plan was tied to Fulton County and to a development summary that put hard numbers on the buildout: 70 net new jobs, $2 million in real property investment, $10 million in personal property investment, and $12 million in total capital investment. The same summary projected a total economic impact of $12,528,216 and listed 2020 property taxes paid on land at $23,519. It also projected taxes paid with the bond over 10 years at $1,109,890 and taxes saved with the bond over 10 years at $269,374.

Coffee Café Bakery’s ownership adds another layer to the story. A Georgia state press release identified the business as a subsidiary of a ZSC Enterprises and Chunara Food Group partnership, placing the Atlanta operation inside a larger corporate structure rather than a standalone neighborhood café. That matters in a city where coffee concepts often grow by proving they can support repeated traffic, wider distribution, and more than one daypart.

For Atlanta, the most immediate effect is likely to be felt in the parts of the market that live on daily bakery demand: breakfast rushes, pastry counters, and the supply chain that keeps a cafe case full. A production facility with this kind of capital commitment can support everything from baking equipment to packaging, staffing, and logistics, which is why the 70-job figure carries more weight than a routine hiring announcement.

The expansion also fits Atlanta’s role as a test market for coffee and bakery brands that want scale without losing local traction. Coffee Café Bakery is not just adding labor. It is deepening the infrastructure behind the cup and the pastry case, and that is what will change the scene first.