Midwest

The Breaks Gets Cracking at Larger Sioux Falls Roastery

Ready for a bigger break into South Dakota and beyond, Sioux Falls-based The Breaks Coffee Roasting is more than doubling its roasting capacity while spreading out production tasks in...

2025.09.08

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Caribou Coffee Taps Scott Kennedy as CEO to Drive Store Growth

Caribou Coffee named Scott Kennedy president and CEO, formalizing the roles he has held on an interim basis since the March departure of John Butcher. Kennedy previously served as...

2025.09.04

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The Tailwind Roasting Collaborative in Chicago is Uplifting Small Businesses

In the notoriously windy city of Chicago, a new coffee roasting incubator business seeks to be the wind beneath the wings of small-scale or startup roasting operations. Green coffee expert...

2025.02.24

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Intelligentsia Coffee Thinks Big at New Chicago Roastery

Chicago-based specialty coffee trailblazer Intelligentsia Coffee recently laid the groundwork for a new era of growth inside an enormous new 45,000-square-foot roastery. Fully operational since late last year, the company’s...

2025.02.19

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Missouri AG’s Sues Starbucks, Cites ‘More Female and Less White’ Workforce

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Starbucks Coffee Company last week, alleging unlawful hiring practices tied to diversity and inclusion. In one particularly coarse assertion of fact in...

2025.02.18

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Missouri AG’s Sues Starbucks, Cites ‘More Female and Less White’ Workforce

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Starbucks Coffee Company last week, alleging unlawful hiring practices tied to diversity and inclusion. In one particularly coarse assertion of fact in...

2025.02.18

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Akron Coffee Roasters Openly Experiments at the ‘Coffee Lab’

In an environment that embraces innovation, Ohio’s Akron Coffee Roasters is workshopping new menu items and brewing experimental coffees at its fourth retail bar, The ACR Coffee Lab. The Coffee...

2025.02.17

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Indiana’s Copper Moon Coffee Sues Cleveland Coffee Shop Following TikTok Moment

Lafayette, Indiana-based coffee roasting company Copper Moon Coffee is suing a Cleveland cafe by the name of The Copper Moon, saying a viral TikTok video caused confusion between the two businesses.

2025.01.22

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Iowa’s Euphoria Coffee Finds a Happy Home in Calmar

Jubilation comes in the form of fresh-roasted coffee at the new Euphoria Coffee shop in Northeastern Iowa. A few miles north from Euphoria’s original location — which is now under...

2025.01.03

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25 New Coffee Roasters to Support in 2025

This year, dozens of new facilities dedicated to roasting specialty coffee opened across the United States. While some are led by seasoned industry veterans and others by newcomers, nearly all...

2024.12.31

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