coffee business strategies

Phil Lempert, a.k.a. The Supermarket Guru, weighs in on the current state of the out-of-home coffee marketing in the article “FACTORING COFFEE IN TODAY’S BUDGET: MORE TAKE-HOME BEAN SALES YET NO TOTAL ABANDONMENT OF THE COFFEE SHOP”
Be sure to look for a couple of quotes in the article from me too:
The Small Business Association [...]

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Bearclaw Coffee scores again with their latest successful public relations stunt. Note that public relations stunts are positive things, when orchestrated correctly. This week, the company dispatched one of its mobile coffee vans to the site of their recently announced new location in downtown Detroit and served $.05 cups of coffee to hordes of [...]

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A global economic crisis is not entirely bad, after all, is there an easier way to explain our own business failures and inadequacies without accepting personal responsibility for poor planning and management? Of course not! As the Dow Jones Industrial Average drops, the number of “the economy ate my business” stories rise. [...]

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NORTH HOLLYWOOD & LOS ANGELES, Calif. (October 7, 2008) – The Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters and Groundwork Coffee Company have entered into a strategic partnership to better serve the customers of both organizations. Under terms of the agreement, Supreme Bean will add Groundwork’s wholesale portfolio to its business and represent both brands beginning October [...]

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Our friends at PT’s Coffee in Topeka, KS will be holding their annual Fall Barista Jam on October 4th. I’ve been to two past jams at PT’s and enjoyed both thoroughly.
We’ve just confirmed it: Saturday, Oct. 4th, Rachel Peterson, from the famed Hacienda La Esmeralda coffee farm in Panama, will be visiting PT’s Coffee [...]

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