Addis ExportersThe 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...
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acquisitionsChobani 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...
Business OperationsLabor 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...
Chad KimmLegal Dispute Between Montana Coffee Traders and Ghost Town Goes Public
A legal issue that has quietly simmered between two Montana coffee roasting companies since May spilled into the public sphere this week, with both companies saying they’ve received negative backlash....
cellular agricultureFinnish Researchers Pushing for ‘Cellular Agriculture’ in Coffee
Scientists in Finland have shed new light on the process of making, roasting and analyzing lab-grown cellular coffee. Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland — a state-owned...
AirstreamJuju’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...
bakeryTake 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...
Alchemy Collective CaféStarbucks 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...
Barry CallebautSucafina Subsidiary Beyers Koffie Building All-Electric Industrial Roastery
Belgian coffee roasting company Beyers Koffie is creating what is likely to be the world’s largest all-electric industrial roastery. According to green coffee trading company Sucafina — the roaster’s parent...
Business OperationsWith 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...