by andrew | Feb 10, 2008 | news, oddities, science
It’s just what we never asked for: a combination computer and coffee cup. The makers of this coffee cup computer foresee that morning coffee drinkers will use the device to check weather, traffic, email and stocks, or simply enjoy a soothing screen saver while...
by andrew | Feb 9, 2008 | news, retail
In the January 21st issue of Delaware’s The News Journal, writer Gary Harbor profiles coffee businesses that are thriving around the State in the article No Ordinary Joe, including our friends at local chain Brew Ha Ha!. A local chain grows In 1993, Alisa...
by andrew | Feb 7, 2008 | industry, news, retail
Tully’s Coffee Corp. today scrapped its beleaguered plans to go public. Frankly, I was amazed that they were going to attempt to go public now anyway; good to see that I was not the only one that considered taking a money-losing company that has had a string of...
by andrew | Jan 31, 2008 | business, news, retail, starbucks
In the company’s best business move in years, Starbucks has nixed their breakfast sandwiches in order to stop pretending to be McDonald’s and return back to their core expertise: coffee. So far today, Wall Street does not seem to understand the move, but...
by andrew | Dec 27, 2007 | news, oddities, retail
Reuters reports today that Gift cards are popular, but many go unused or so says a recent survey from the Consumer Reports National Research Center. More than half of those survey respondents said they had not used their card yet because they did not have time, while...
by andrew | Dec 26, 2007 | events, news, retail
Something new is brewing for the February 2008 Convenience Retailing Conference in San Antonio, Texas. For the first time in the event’s history, Andrew Hetzel of leading retail coffee consultancy Cafemakers will teach attendees the ins and outs of specialty...
