Business Operations

Japan’s Geshary Coffee Buys Manhattan Building for $38 Million

Japanese coffee company Geshary Coffee has closed on a Fifth Avenue property in New York City for $38 million, with plans to occupy the building. The purchase of the five-story...

2023.12.20

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The Sepia Coffee Project Offers a Guiding Light in Metro Detroit

When Martell Mason returned to metro Detroit in 2020, he found a more hopeful place than the one he’d left 20 years earlier. Yet when he zoomed in on his...

2023.12.20

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Chobani Buys La Colombe Coffee for $900 Million

New York State-based packaged yogurt giant Chobani has acquired Philadelphia-born coffee company La Colombe for $900 million. The deal follows nearly a decade’s worth of interest in the coffee company...

2023.12.16

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Labor Board Complaint Asks Starbucks to Reopen 23 Stores

A consolidated complaint from the National Labor Relations Board has urged Starbucks to immediately reopen 23 stores that workers alleged were shut down in order to discourage unionization efforts. According...

2023.12.15

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Juju’s Coffee Charms East Dallas with New Roastery Cafe

A young North Texas coffee company called Juju’s Coffee has channeled the retro appeal of its 1962 Airstream trailer for its first brick-and-mortar roastery cafe in East Dallas. A bright...

2023.12.13

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Report: China Overtakes United States as Largest Coffee Shop Market

China has overtaken the United States as the country with the highest number of coffee shops in the world, according to the latest annual report on the East Asian coffee...

2023.12.13

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Take Care by Oleo Offers a Warm Welcome in Kansas City

Inside a well-worn coffee space in Kansas City, Missouri, is the first public retail expression of roasting company Oleo Coffee. Located in the Crossroads district space formerly occupied by Kansas...

2023.12.12

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Anarchy Coffee is Happily Taking Orders in Kelowna, B.C.

In the outdoorsy Canadian city of Kelowna, British Columbia, a plucky coffee company by the name of Anarchy Coffee Roasters has found some structure with the opening of its first...

2023.12.11

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Starbucks Asks for New Year’s Resolution to Reboot Union Talks

Following months of legal posturing from parties on both sides of the Starbucks unionization push, the coffee giant today sent a letter to the union organizer asking for a reboot...

2023.12.09

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With New Roastery, Proyecto Diaz is Readying First Cafe in Oakland

An established roasting company with roots in Oaxaca, Mexico, Proyecto Diaz Coffee is opening its first brick-and-mortar cafe this week in Oakland, California. Coffees for the shop will be coming...

2023.12.07

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