October 29, 2006 -- For years Starbucks was the "only kid on the block" as purveyers of fine coffees in a brick and morter atmosphere. When other kids moved in, Starbucks announced their new arsenal of weaponry...."
Enter Ruth Londons Exquisite Coffees founded by cartoonist Internet entrepreneur Rick London. London, founder of Londons Times Superstore (www.londonstimessuperstore.com)
Ten years prior to that, London launched Londons Times Cartoons, www.londonstimes.us, with about 20 cartoons on a free website.
London started the online venture on a concrete floor of an unairconditioned and unheated warehouse in rural Mississippi near his hometown of Hattiesburg.
"Nobody wanted to rent to a 43 year old man with a 'cartoon vision'", said London.
"I couldn't even get my own family to rent to me. They thought I'd totally lost it! At times they had me convinced as well, yet I continued with it."
It has evolved into a huge collection of cartoons, touting over 5000 images, and ranks high in the Amazon.com Alexa system, naming it one of the more visited sites on the Internet.
Each Ruth London gift basket includes five blends of farm-fresh coffee blends and flavors from around the world, a Londons Times Cartoon 16-oz cartoon mug, and a set of four cartoon coasters. (The customer gets to select which cartoon he/she prefers).
The store offers secure/safe checkout, 100% money back guarantee within 30 days, worldwide shipping, free shipping on orders over $100, and much more.
London named the gourmet gift baskets after his late maternal grandmother, Ruth London who he says "loved coffee with a passion, drank it all day, and often threw things at the television when provoked by a "bad guy on one of her favorite soap operas".
London plans to add other products as well to his Londons Times Superstore inventory to compliment the gourmet gift baskets.
