coffee business strategies

This gem of an article from the Indianapolis Star was in my inbox this morning: Lawrence coffee shop changes hands
LAWRENCE — Java Junction — the little coffee shop that keeps opening and closing in Lawrence — opened Wednesday with a new owner and a new name.
Uh oh. Here we go again.
Ken Julian agreed to [...]

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My friends at PBN Friday with Howard Dicus were kind enough to forward my March 23rd appearance mentioned in this this previous blog entry.

So for everyone that missed the first airing, it’s your luck day. For anyone that may be going on a local television interview in the near future, I [...]

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A hearty congratulations goes out to our friends at the Velo Rouge Cafe in San Francisco for being named one of the top destinations for coffee in the Bay Area by CoffeeRatings.com. Just a short 6 months after undertaking a rigorous campaign of training and quality improvements, the Velo Rouge has gone from “average” [...]

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The Texas Restaurant Association expo is the largest foodservice show in the Southwest. This year, the show includes a panel of coffee experts (Mike McKim, Andrew Hetzel and Mike Vaclav) who will discuss how restaurateurs can improve profits and customer satisfaction with specialty coffee. The show will be held at the Dallas Convention Center, [...]

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Texas Roast of Rockwall, TX received a respectable 89 point review of their Cowboy Roast dark blend from reviewer Ken Davids of CoffeeReview.com. Just respectable, that is, until you take into account that the coffee was roasted by a computer! Amazing!

Texas Roast is among a new generation of in-store roaster retailers that is opting for [...]

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