Midwest

The Time Has Come for Century Coffee in St. Louis

A craft-oriented multiroaster cafe called Century Coffee Company is now serving customers in the City Foundry food hall in St. Louis, Missouri. At the helm is 2019 United States Coffee...

2023.12.05

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Madison’s JBC Coffee Earns Top Spot in Coffee Review’s Best of 2023

The long-running coffee review site Coffee Review has counted down its top 30 coffees of 2023, giving tip-top honors to an experimental-process coffee roasted by Madison, Wisconsin-based JBC Coffee Roasters....

2023.11.29

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With Media and Marketplace, Startup U3 Coffee Builds Consumer Connections

A Chicago-area coffee company called U3 Coffee launched this month with ambitious plans to connect consumers more deeply to the coffees in their daily cups. Coming out of the gate...

2023.11.20

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The Original Caribou Coffee Shop in Minnesota is Closing

The original Caribou Coffee location, which opened nearly 31 years ago in Edina, Minnesota, is closing. The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal first reported the news yesterday, and multiple news...

2023.11.10

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Intuition Coffee + Juice Gives Peoria a Warm Bear Hug

Acting on a strong hunch that Peoria, Illinois, has room for more high-quality, fresh-roasted specialty coffee, Peoria native Ty Paluska returned home to launch Intuition Coffee + Juice. The shop...

2023.11.09

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Fast-Growing Scooter’s Coffee Names Joe Thornton CEO

Nebraska-based Scooter’s Coffee, the second-fastest-growing coffee chain in the United States over the past year, has named longtime restaurant and hospitality executive Joe Thornton as incoming CEO, effective Jan. 1,...

2023.11.03

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Third Way Coffee House is a Second Home for Roasters in Columbus, Ohio

A driveway is the newest way for customers to approach Columbus, Ohio’s Third Way Coffee House, which recently moved across West Broad Street from its original location. “Having a drive-up...

2023.10.04

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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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O’Neill Coffee Acquired by Fellow Western PA Company Howe

Two long-running Western Pennsylvania coffee roasting companies have combined forces, as George J. Howe Company (a.k.a. Howe) has acquired the roasting and wholesale business of O’Neill Coffee Roasters. The financial...

2023.09.28

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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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