Ellianos Coffee Company entered the Statesboro market in 2011 after being launched nationally in 2002 in Lake City, Fla. Local co-owner's Tim and Summer Bishop first experienced Ellianos when they lived in Valdosta. Tim was working for FedEx and Summer was a teacher there and they were looking for an opportunity to get them to Statesboro where Summer's parents and co-owners Gerry and Cindy Gantt lived.