coffee business strategies

I cannot think of a comment that needs to be added to this one:
Taipei – A Taipei funeral parlour is using the heat saved from cremations to operate air conditioners and to brew coffee for mourners, the director said Wednesday.
The project is part of the Taipei No 2 Funeral Parlour’s plan to protect the environment [...]

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Reporting from Seattle, Michael Allen Smith of Coffee Hero reports on one new Starbucks location that opened recently in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, despite the closing trend.
What do I see when I pass the NEW Starbucks location? The same behavior I see in front of the original Starbucks. Tourists are having [...]

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Cuppy’s Coffee, the chain better known for its legal problem than for coffee, adds yet another new chapter to its twisted tale with the March 31 arrest of CEO Dale Nabors. As you will recall, Mr. Nabors proposed to take Cuppy’s to the “Next Level” approximately one year ago after taking control of the [...]

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I can only imagine what executives at Starbucks must have been thinking/drinking/smoking (pick one) when they prepared a schedule press announcements for this month.
Let’s see how the planning session really happened in another popular installment of Behind the Green Door:
We need to create some brand value. I know, we’ll announce a “value [...]

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Time for some shock and awe-musement from today’s Silicon Valley Mercury News.
OAKLEY — A woman led police on a 7-mile pursuit after baristas at a drive-thru coffee shop say she stole their tip money Wednesday morning.
The woman and her Ford Focus made a strident entrance to the Caffino store on Main Street in Oakley shortly [...]

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