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Original Popcorn House
Popping Up All Over by Elizabeth Denham She opened her storefront 30 feet off the main drag of Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, and the business started popping from there. The Original Popcorn House features fabulous flavors of gourmet popcorn, sweet chocolate treats, frosted pralines and the one and only “Popcorn Sundae.”
One of Jerri Witt’s greatest goals is to “wow” her customers. And that is just what she does as the Owner and Franchisor of the Original Popcorn House. “Being a Midwesterner - I’m from Chicago - I always had access to gourmet popcorn. It is very, very popular out there,” Witt said. “And when we moved to Delray Beach, Florida, we were walking downtown – which is like a typical, small-town ‘Main Street, USA.’ They had everything – boutiques, clothing stores, cupcake shops, macaroon shops – but they didn’t have gourmet popcorn. So I knew what I wanted to do.” And do it, she did.
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“Our gourmet popcorn is served fresh each day and features only the finest and freshest ingredients,” Witt noted. “We pop our corn in 100% pure coconut oil. Our premium Belgian chocolate allows us to create gourmet delectable popcorn flavors such as Dark Chocolate Sea Salt and Peanut Butter Chocolate Drizzle. We also ship anywhere in the U.S.” It took one year to build the concept, and she opened her doors on December 31, 2014, at 3:00 pm. In 2018, she decided to step into franchising. She just opened her third franchise location, and she has more in the pipeline. “I think the good thing about popcorn is that it is not a saturated market. Gourmet popcorn stores are often missing in areas where they would thrive,” Witt explained. “And Original Popcorn House takes it to
