Business Operations

Dialed Coffee Services Answers the Call in West Michigan

A new coffee equipment sales and service company called Dialed Coffee Services recently launched in West Michigan. With longtime industry professional Josh Taves at the helm, the new company also...

2023.10.04

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Starbucks’ Pay Hikes to Non-Unionized Workers Violated Labor Laws, Judge Rules

A federal Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ruled that Starbucks Coffee Company violated federal labor laws when it improved wages and benefits for tens of thousands of its employees throughout the...

2023.10.03

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Atlanta’s Portrait Coffee Sharpens Its Focus with Cafe Opening

On the ground floor of the historic Lottie Watkins Building in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood sits the long-awaited retail cafe of Portrait Coffee. Sunshine through the floor-to-ceiling windows sustains a...

2023.10.02

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Blue Bottle Coffee Hosting $75 Seated Popup Tastings in LA

Oakland, California-born Blue Bottle Coffee is launching a six-week popup in Los Angeles called Blue Bottle Studio. Resembling a culinary popup that might be found in the fine dining world,...

2023.09.27

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Alias Coffee Makes a Name for Itself in Upstate New York

The Troy, New York-based roasting company that goes by the name Alias Coffee recently opened its second retail location, establishing a new identity in Albany. The new shop spans approximately...

2023.09.26

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Rootline Coffee Connects Points in Nicaragua and Central Texas

Vertically integrated coffee company Rootline Coffee is drawing straight lines from Nicaragua into guests’ cups at the company’s first coffee shop in Dripping Springs, Texas. Tiles, embroidery and natural wood...

2023.09.21

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Virginia’s Happ Coffee Finding Good Fortune in Waynesboro

The people behind the former Farmhaus Coffee are bringing coffee-fueled new life to a historic building in the Shenandoah Valley city of Waynseboro, Virginia, under the new name Happ Coffee. ...

2023.09.19

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SCA Broadcasting 2023 Coffee Retail Summit in October

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is bringing back the Coffee Retail Summit, broadcasting an edited version of in-person events to a global audience online on Thursday, Oct. 26. This will...

2023.09.19

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Born From Condor Chocolates, Ecuador-Focused Choco Coffee Soars in Athens, GA

With a growing number of coffee shops in the United States reflecting a new generation of Ecuadorian coffees, cocoa and culture, Georgia-based Choco Coffee and its sibling company Condor Chocolates...

2023.09.14

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Rival Bros. Provides the Coffee Punch at New Philly Cafe Enswell

Coffee roasting company Rival Bros. Coffee has a new ally in Philadelphia, partnering with the New Liberty Distillery to launch a coffee, restaurant and cocktail concept called Enswell. The new...

2023.09.13

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