coffee business strategies

It’s been over 5 years since I began jotting down my thoughts, tips, press releases and frustrations with the coffee industry to this blog and I have always wondered “who is reading this stuff?” So, I thought, why not ask: who are you? In two sentences, post a reply below to describe your business, what [...]

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In a curious Friday press release, FMM Media, self-described publisher of Funeral Business Advisor (check out this month’s feature on “tribute blankets,” who knew?) announced that it will launch a new trade magazine circulated primarily to independent coffee and tea shops. “As part of FMM Media’s mission to become the leading publication in the coffee [...]

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I’ve seen at least a half dozen articles in recent weeks that reinforce what I have personally witnessed in the field: well-run specialty coffee businesses are insulated from the economic recession. While Starbucks and its management problems are grabbing national headlines, small regional coffee businesses are grabbing customers. Like any other food business, in coffee, [...]

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In an A.P. article that I read this afternoon off of a news channel website in Portland, Oregon franchisors Human Bean and Dutch Bros. are featured expanding in a down economy — echoing some valid rationale from my postings past. By GREG STILES, (Medford) Mail Tribune MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Amid the parade of closures, [...]

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The poster to an online coffee discussion this morning asks: “I read a lengthy article about a local coffee shop in the paper this morning, how can I get my business featured in news articles?” I’ve had a bit of experience on this topic — been quoted or interviewed in about 3 dozen or so [...]

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