214:. As a result of this selection, Freaky Bean would be the only coffee available at the Pavilion. In July 2008, the company opened its sixth retail location on Broadway in South Portland. In November 2008, the former owners of Maine Roasters Coffee took possession of the Maine Roasters assets, including the Yarmouth and Falmouth coffee shops as partial settlement for loan defaults, reducing the number of Freaky Bean locations from six to four. As of December 2008, the members of the board of directors were Jonathan Stratton, Gary Woodworth, Jon Ricci, Jim Walsh, Jim Talbot, Jim Mclaughlin, and Einar Seadler.
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Westbrook were abruptly closed amid reports that the company was having trouble paying its vendors and its employees. Some of those vendors took the company to court in an attempt to recover the money owed to them. Later that same month, the remaining two locations — South Portland and Scarborough/Route 1 — were abruptly closed.
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The company experienced rapid growth in 2007 and 2008, followed by store closures. In March 2007, The Freaky Bean was one of 30 companies honored as "outstanding role models of entrepreneurship," by The Maine Small
Business Development Center. In July 2007, The Freaky Bean opened its second retail
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