Seattle’s Best Coffee Case Study

Seattle’s Best Coffee

Two first stores. One month apart.

This Seattle’s Best Coffee case study covers the first stores in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, both with drive-thrus, as well as the response each opening drew online.

The first Seattle’s Best Coffee in Cagayan de Oro on opening day, shot for this Seattle’s Best Coffee case study by Project LUPAD
The first Seattle’s Best Coffee in Cagayan de Oro, Masterson Avenue, July 2025.
The results

Numbers anyone can see.

Every figure in this Seattle’s Best Coffee case study comes from the public counts on our Facebook page, YouTube channel and website, so each one can be verified.

17.5K+Reactions on eight posts on Facebook
2.2K+Comments, as well as tags for friends and family
2K+Shares, as each opening spread across two cities
1.5K+Views across two films on YouTube

Totals of the public counts on Project LUPAD’s Facebook posts, YouTube videos, as well as website stories about Seattle’s Best Coffee, from 2025 to October 2026.

The story

Cagayan de Oro first. Then Iligan.

Initially, on July 4, 2025, the first Seattle’s Best Coffee in Cagayan de Oro opened on Masterson Avenue in Uptown. Our crew covered the ribbon cutting, the drive-thru and the first guests, both on the ground and from the air.

Then, a month later, the first Seattle’s Best Coffee in Iligan opened on Macapagal Avenue in Tubod. Similarly, we covered the opening from the first look to the first orders at the drive-thru window.

As a result, the two openings drew more than 17,500 reactions on Facebook. Above all, the Iligan announcement became our most engaged post for the brand, with 3,647 reactions.

Store launchesDrive-thrusAerial photosShort filmsWebsite stories
The timeline

This Seattle’s Best Coffee case study, step by step.

  1. July 2025

    The first store in Cagayan de Oro

    A reel, photos, a film and a website story, as well as aerial views of the new drive-thru.

  2. August 2025

    The first store in Iligan

    Similarly, full coverage of the Iligan opening, which drew 3,647 reactions on its first post.

From our archive

Shot by our crew.

Guests inside the first Seattle’s Best Coffee in Cagayan de Oro The drive-thru window at Seattle’s Best Coffee in Iligan Aerial view of Seattle’s Best Coffee on Masterson Avenue The SBC neon sign inside the Iligan store Pastries at Seattle’s Best Coffee in Cagayan de Oro Opening day at Seattle’s Best Coffee in Iligan
What we covered

Four parts of each opening.

The store

Wide shots of the space, from the coffee bar to the seating areas, as well as the drive-thru.

The menu

Close-ups of the drinks and pastries, styled to match the brand’s warm look.

From the air

Similarly, aerial views show the store, the road and the neighborhood around it.

The news

Finally, clear posts with the location and the hours, published on opening day.

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