Biggby Coffee Celebrates 17 Years With Special Offer Thursday

 is celebrating its 17th birthday Thursday with special reward for customers: any tall, hot or iced, sweet orcreamy latte for 99 cents.

Coupons for the 99 cent drinks will be sent through e-wards, Biggby's free, weekly email coupon program. To sign up, visit www.e-wards.com.

"We love celebrating our birthday by honoring our customers and thanking them for their loyalty and support over the years," said Bob Fish, CEO and co-founder of Biggby. "Some of them have been with us since the beginning and we want to say thank you, as well as welcome those who have just recently discovered Biggby.

Biggby opened its first location in East Lansing in 1995. Now the company has more than 140 stores open or under contract in seven states. In 2011, Biggby was named the fastest-growing coffee chain in the United States by CNBC, a top 30 food franchise in Franchise Business Review and ranked 268th on Entrepreneur Magazine's top 500 franchise report.

The Bloomfield Township location .

"Along with our customers, our success has come from the incredible franchise family we have built along the way and this birthday celebration highlights for all the great work they do," Fish said. "As we enter our 18th year of business we raise our coffee cups to them and look forward to fun, excitement and continued success the next 18 years will bring."