Northeast

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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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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Greenstreet Coffee Replants Itself in South Philadelphia

The retail operations of Philadelphia roasting company Greenstreet Coffee are verdant once again with the opening of a new South Philadelphia cafe just blocks away from the Greenstreet roastery. Helping...

2023.12.14

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Are Rents Rising in Your Philly Neighborhood? Don’t Blame the Baristas

Baristas who work in specialty coffee shops, along with hipsters more generally, have been referred to as the “shock troops” of urban gentrification — and it’s no different in Philadelphia....

2023.11.30

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NY Firm General Atlantic Acquires Joe & the Juice for $641 Million

New York-based investment firm General Atlantic is acquiring a majority stake in the European-born cafe chain Joe & the Juice. According to reports from Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance, the buyout...

2023.11.17

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NY Firm General Atlantic Acquires Joe & the Juice for $641 Million

New York-based investment firm General Atlantic is acquiring a majority stake in the European-born cafe chain Joe & the Juice. According to reports from Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance, the buyout...

2023.11.17

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Maine’s Coffee By Design Voluntarily Recognizes Employee Union

The owners of Portland, Maine-based roasting and retail company Coffee By Design have voluntarily recognized an employee union among baristas. A joint announcement yesterday from Coffee By Design and Local...

2023.10.27

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Adee’s Coffee Roasters Stems From Ethiopia, Blooms in Baltimore

Ethiopia-focused Adee’s Coffee Roasters (Instagram) is in full bloom in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood. The company just opened a roastery cafe shares roots with sibling shop Adee’s Tulips. Connected through...

2023.10.24

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Atomic Coffee Roasters Energized by Sibling Spirits Company

Massachusetts coffee roasting company Atomic Coffee Roasters is fully charged and ready to expand through new production equipment and the launch of a sibling company called Atomic Black Coffee Spirits....

2023.10.11

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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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