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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The Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters Acquires Rocky Roaster
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Coffee Roasting, Coffee Shop News
Tags: California·Jeff Chean·Rocky Rhodes·Rocky Roaster·supreme bean·wholesale coffee
New Dolce fails to impress
October 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Coffee Roasting, Coffee Shop News, Tips, Venting Steam
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 [...]
Tags: coffee hero·David Schomer·espresso vivace·kaapi royale coffee·paradise roasters·robusta·seattle times·sethuraman estate
Hula Daddy Coffee Makes Waves Down Under
September 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Coffee Roasting, Coffee Shop News, Hawaii coffee
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 [...]
Tags: campos coffee·hawaii·Hawaii coffee·Hula Daddy·kona coffee·sydney
Starbucks experiments with Lean
August 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Coffee Shop News, Retail Coffee Industry, starbucks
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 [...]
Tags: lean·mark graban·starbucks
Starbucks pay-it-forward scheme resurfaces
July 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Coffee Shop News, Retail Coffee Industry, Venting Steam, starbucks
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 [...]
Tags: pay_it_forward·starbucks·uk·united kingdom·viral_marketing


























