coffee business strategies

N. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Market Wire) October 26, 2009 – The Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters of North Hollywood, California has acquired Rocky Roaster, LLC, a wholesale coffee roasting business based in Canoga Park, California. Rocky Roaster Founder Mr. Rocky Rhodes will join The Supreme Bean team to manage the Rocky Roaster brand of coffee for the [...]

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It was interesting to read the the latest post from industry blog Coffee Hero, “Espresso Vivace Now Without Robusta,” for two reasons: 1) as a fan of Espresso Vivace, I have enjoyed the Dolce blend in the past (though, admittedly it has been a few years) and 2) because the article also sets a few [...]

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This morning I was forwarded a link from Campos Coffee in Sydney with their review of Hula Daddy Coffee’s Kona Sweet, which has been selected as their featured coffee of the month. I remember when the guys from Campos were in town and was invited to attend, but had some kind of schedule conflict and [...]

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An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal looks at Starbucks new experimentation with Lean manufacturing principles, which just so happens to be the area of expertise of an old friend of mine. Under a new initiative being put into practice at its more than 11,000 U.S. stores, there will be no more bending over to [...]

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False alarm! Despite arriving in my inbox today tagged as happening in the United Kingdom, this article was actually from April 13, 2009 in Birmingham, Alabama U.S.A. (the US280 reference should have been a tipoff). Nevertheless, it’s clear that the marketing campaigns continue and my comments following the article are still valid… Just when you [...]

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