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Tag: coffee

Chains

Starbucks Wants to Get to Know You Better

5 years ago

Starbucks hopes digital loyalty plus face time with in-store employees will help continue its turnaround. Earlier access to egg nog lattes and other holiday drinks — available a full week earlier than last year — won't hurt, either.

Chains

Dunkin’ Donuts’ Beverage Strategy Is Working, at Least for Now

5 years ago

Early signs for Dunkin' Donuts' look good as it challenges Starbucks for the heart of coffee lovers everywhere.

Chains

Coke’s $5.1 Billion Costa Coffee Purchase Continues Cafe Consolidation Wave

6 years ago

This gives Coke a cafe brand with a global footprint to play with. Now if we can just avoid coffee shop overload ...

Food

Seasonality Is the Next Big Thing in Coffee

6 years ago

I hadn't really considered this, but, yes, it makes sense that in a coffee-obsessed culture, specialty beans can be a bigger indicator of the changing seasons than produce. (You can have it. I'll take the heirloom tomatoes, thanks.)

Chains

JAB Is Targeting Italy’s Illy as Its Next Coffee Conquest

6 years ago

JAB's rapidly growing coffee empire is still in fragments, but Nestle's Starbucks-connected moves may be giving it a challenge it would prefer not to have.

Food

3 Ways Costa Rican Fine Dining Is Getting More Local

6 years ago

The fine dining industry is slowly transforming diners' consciousness and relationships with local producers -- an evolution that has the potential to shift local economies in a powerful way if done well.

Food

Starbucks Is Raising Prices on Its Simplest Drink

6 years ago

As a drinker of this simple, easy-to-make drink that doesn't require extensive labor and time we are going to have to disagree with Starbucks. Why not stick it to the latte drinkers?

Food

Aspirational Coffee Brand La Colombe Looks for Investment to Value It at $1 Billion

6 years ago

Some of us here have been drinking La Colombe at its own cafes and other restaurants since the mid-1990s, so we're biased. But beyond that loyalty, it does mean something when a food brand has been delivering a quality product to both consumers and to restaurants for over a decade.

Operations

A Healthy Economy Is Good News for Coffee Shops

6 years ago

Coffee culture in the U.S. is about more than caffeine, it's about the full in-restaurant experience. While that may be bad news for the at-home coffee industry, it's great news for those of us who love cafe culture.

Independents

Taste Test: New York City’s $50 Cup of Coffee

6 years ago

A $50 cup of coffee may not be worth it for buyers, but it is certainly worth much more than that in terms of marketing.

Chains

Starbucks and Other Restaurants Don’t Want to Publish California’s Coffee Cancer Warnings

6 years ago

We don't mind real health warnings, but "maybes" seem like a waste of time and energy for chains and independents alike.

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