coffee business strategies

From the SCAA this morning: In a move to increase the availability of education and professional development programs, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) announced today that Ellie Hudson-Matuszak has been hired in a new position as Director of Professional Development. The selection was made after an extensive search and Ms. Matuszak will begin [...]

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There is just over a week remaining until the Latte Art and Sensory Skills Workshops will be held on March 5th at the American Barista & Coffee School during the United States Barista Championship. We have a quick update: registration for afternoon Sensory Skills class and morning Latte Art classes are now closed, but we [...]

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I sent the following message out to everyone in the coffee business that I could find in Hawaii. Registration for classes has been pretty weak this year, as compared to last. I understand that the same things is occurring across the board for Kona Coffee Cultural Festival events, so hopefully a different perspective on the [...]

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I was interviewed this morning from a writer for a popular coffee business trade magazine looking for some quotes for a new article on improving retail profitability. My notes looked like they would make a good blog entry or perhaps can be expanded someday into an article of their own; for now, I decided to [...]

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KAILUA KONA, HI–(Marketwire – October 02, 2008) – Espresso training, coffee roaster training, a farm tour and a new professional coffee tasting class will be held ahead of this year’s Kona Coffee Cultural Festival on the Big Island. The Hawaii Coffee Training Workshop series sponsored by the Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative includes two new programs [...]

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