coffee business strategies

I sent the following message out to everyone in the coffee business that I could find in Hawaii. Registration for classes has been pretty weak this year, as compared to last. I understand that the same things is occurring across the board for Kona Coffee Cultural Festival events, so hopefully a different perspective [...]

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A new article appears about Starbucks’ recovery plan in the New York Times yesterday. The latest step to recovery is the return of director of global development Arthur Rubinfeld.
Original Team Tries to Revive Starbucks
That may be all well and good, but quite frankly, each statement and subsequent conflicting action they take [...]

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I had a good laugh over a press statement issued today by King Car Food Ind Co Ltd of Taiwan, who boldly declared their Mr. Brown’s ready-to-drink coffee product as (and I quote) “safe for human consumption.”
In their defense, one of their other products was recently listed as tainted with poisonous melamine …on [...]

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The failure of Hawaii’s coffee businesses to recognize changing marketplace demands over the past 50 years has diminished our origin’s integrity, but creates opportunity for a new breed of business-trained professionals to emerge as leaders in quality and brand loyalty.
The situation emerging in Kona disturbingly reminds me of my upbringing in the world’s former automotive [...]

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Hot off of the presses!
PT’s Coffee Roasting Co. Named “Roaster of the Year” by Roast Magazine
Topeka, KS (October 22, 2008) – PT’s Coffee Roasting Co. has been named Roast magazine’s “Roaster of the Year” for 2009 in the publication’s November / December 2008 issue released today.
The annual “Roaster of the Year” title is awarded to [...]

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