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Portland gets to beta test another Google service first: Google Offers launches in Portland at Floyd’s

Rick Turoczy on May 31, 2011

We in Portland like to think we’re pretty techie. Well apparently our friends down at Google—or over at Google if you consider The Dalles—like to think we’re pretty techie too.

I mean, they do pick us to test drive stuff like Google Hotpot. And now they’ve chosen Portland to be the first spot to try their Groupon killer, Google Offers.

Our first Google Offer will be from beloved local java shop Floyd’s Coffee. Husband-and-wife team Jack Inglis and Cris Chapman opened Floyd’s seven years ago, offering up espresso, coffee, breakfast burritos and more. They now have two convenient locations—one cozy, brick-lined shop in Old Town and another Stumptown watering-hole in Buckman.

With Google Offers, we’re working with great local businesses like Floyd’s Coffee, Le Bistro Montage, Powell’s Books and Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade to help them reach more Portlanders. We hope to bring Google Offers to other cities soon, with New York City and the San Francisco Bay area as our next stops.

Need more details? Mike Rogoway has a nice write up, including chatting with Floyd’s owner Jack Inglis, who took time out from Stumptown Coffee rumor control to chat about tomorrow’s offer.

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Want to sign up for deals? Visit Google Offers.

Published by Rick Turoczy

More than mildly obsessed with the Portland startup community. Founder and editor at Silicon Florist. Cofounder and general manager at PIE. Follow me on Twitter: @turoczy

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  3. M. Edward (Ed) Borasky June 5, 2011 at 4:31 pm

    I signed up for Google Offers. Already I got an offer for a spray-on tanning parlor. Doesn’t Google realize we don’t tan here, we *rust*?

  4. vard June 3, 2011 at 10:43 pm

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  5. vard June 3, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    I was standing in line at Floyd’s at 11:30 this morning behind two people who were both redeeming that offer! The first one was using her iPhone so I thought maybe I had just missed a Groupon, but the guy behind her had gone old school and had the deal printed out in his back pocket, with the Google Deals logo clearly visible.

    I was thinking DAMN, I thought I got in on Google Deals the first day, but obviously not. I wondered if it was a beta but now I see that it was clearly not.

    Oh, well, Karam Lebanese food WILL BE MINE.

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