coffee business strategies

KAILUA KONA, HI (PRWEB) July 20, 2007 – For the first time in its 37-year history, the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival will include a professional espresso training workshop during its 10-day celebration of Hawaii’s coffee heritage. The full-day hands-on workshop held by the Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative will teach participants how to taste espresso, [...]

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Georgetown, TX (PRWEB) May 19, 2007 – Bar None Coffee opens for business in Georgetown, Texas, marking the entrance of a new generation of specialty coffee shops into the Lone Star State.

“You won’t find a jumbo 20 oz drink anywhere on our menu,” boasts proprietor Linda Silva. “Fast food coffee chains use large volumes [...]

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We’ve started hiring for Bar None Coffee, the latest in upscale espresso shops to hit the Texas coffee scene… er, “create” the Texas coffee scene.

As noted by the Texas Coffee People, there is always skepticism when a new sheriff comes to town. The shop will be opening in May, so we invite [...]

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News of my upcoming talk at the Restaurant Show is picked up by QSR Magazine, among others:

Attendees to the National Restaurant Association’s annual hotel-motel convention this May can discover how to ride the espresso lane to bigger profits. That’s because Andrew Hetzel, industry expert with Cafemakers, will offer a presentation entitled “Achieve Grande Profits from [...]

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Espresso, historians tell us, was given to the world by Italians in the early 20th century. It would take a quirky Seattle retailer with New Age proclivities to move it into storefronts, malls, airports and book stores - not to mention bowling alleys, gyms, the concession areas of gas stations, parent-teacher nights, baseball stadiums, the [...]

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