Alfred PeetStarbucks Co-Founder Gordon Bowker Dies at 82 Gordon Bowker, the writer-turned-entrepreneur who co-founded Starbucks in 1971 and helped set the course for the specialty coffee movement in Seattle and beyond, died last week at the age of... 2025.08.28Alfred PeetCaliforniaGordon BowkerIndustryJerry BaldwinOaklandPeopleRainierRetailseattleSeattle MagazineSeattle WeeklyStarbucksTerry HecklerUnited StatesWashingtonZev SieglコーヒーAlfred PeetCaliforniaGordon BowkerIndustryJerry BaldwinOaklandPeopleRainierRetailseattleSeattle MagazineSeattle WeeklyStarbucksTerry HecklerUnited StatesWashingtonZev SieglコーヒーPeet's
Business OperationsFormer USAID Employee Launches First Light Coffee in Maryland First Light Coffee is on the rise in Maryland, helping customers meet the dawn with freshly roasted and delivered coffees. Former USAID employee Annie Leverich founded the online coffee... 2025.08.28Business OperationsChesapeake BayCraft/OperationsDealeDonald TrumpFirst Light Coffee.MarketingMarylandMicroNortheastOrinoco CoffeeRetailRoastingUSAIDコーヒーBusiness OperationsChesapeake BayCraft/OperationsDealeDonald TrumpFirst Light Coffee.MarketingMarylandMicroNortheastOrinoco CoffeeRetailRoastingUSAIDコーヒー
Business OperationsNorthshore Specialty Coffee Surges in Jackson, Mississippi In Jackson, Mississippi, Northshore Specialty Coffee is growing in waves with the opening of its new 13,000-square-foot production roastery, plus its first brick-and-mortar cafe Freshly roasted coffees from a new... 2025.02.24Business OperationsCovingtonCraft/OperationsCultivate Coffee ProjectFertile Ground Beer Co.Harry FontenoyHaven Coffee + CocktailsHaven HoldingsJacksonJosé Muñoz VegaJustin FontenoyKey City BrewingLouisianaLucky Town BrewingMarketingMicroMississippiNorthshore Specialty CoffeeOpeningsRetailRoastingSouth/SouthwestStephanie FontenoyThe District at EastoverTrey MaloneコーヒーBusiness OperationsCovingtonCraft/OperationsCultivate Coffee ProjectFertile Ground Beer Co.Harry FontenoyHaven Coffee + CocktailsHaven HoldingsJacksonJosé Muñoz VegaJustin FontenoyKey City BrewingLouisianaLucky Town BrewingMarketingMicroMississippiNorthshore Specialty CoffeeOpeningsRetailRoastingSouth/SouthwestStephanie FontenoyThe District at EastoverTrey Maloneコーヒー
Andrew BurmanCloud Cover Coffee Billows Into Downtown Buffalo It’s clear skies ahead for Cloud Cover Coffee with the opening of its first brick-and-mortar cafe in downtown Buffalo, New York. Nestled in a corner of an expansive microbrewery and... 2025.02.20Andrew BurmanBrooklynBuffaloBusiness OperationsCloud Cover CoffeeMatt MonahanNew YorkNortheastOther Half BrewingRetailSam RichardsonSeneca One TowerコーヒーAndrew BurmanBrooklynBuffaloBusiness OperationsCloud Cover CoffeeMatt MonahanNew YorkNortheastOther Half BrewingRetailSam RichardsonSeneca One Towerコーヒー
Business OperationsCoffee Bean Taps Past Taco Bell and Starbucks Exec Tara Hinkle as Head of Americas The California-born coffee chain The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) recently tapped former Taco Bell franchising finance executive Tara Hinkle to lead its business in the Americas. Hinkle joined... 2025.02.20Business OperationsCaliforniachainsCoffee Bean and Tea LeafCorporatefranchisefranchisesIndustryJollibeeMarketingOpeningsPeopleRetailSouthern CaliforniaTaco BellTara HinkleコーヒーBusiness OperationsCaliforniachainsCoffee Bean and Tea LeafCorporatefranchisefranchisesIndustryJollibeeMarketingOpeningsPeopleRetailSouthern CaliforniaTaco BellTara Hinkleコーヒー
BreaWith Franchising, Reborn Coffee Gets Commitments for 30 New US Locations Southern California coffee chain Reborn Coffee said it has signed franchise development agreements for 30 new locations spanning nine U.S. states, plus three additional international locations. The announcement from the... 2025.02.19BreaBusiness OperationsCaliforniaCalifornia/PacificchainsCorporatefranchisefranchisesIndustryRetailコーヒーBreaBusiness OperationsCaliforniaCalifornia/PacificchainsCorporatefranchisefranchisesIndustryRetailコーヒーReborn Coffee
Bedford ParkIntelligentsia 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... 2025.02.19Bedford ParkBusiness OperationsChicagoCraft/OperationsDoug ZellEmily MangeIllinoisIntelligentsia CoffeeMacroMidwestMonica TerveerRetailRoastingSam SaboriコーヒーBedford ParkBusiness OperationsChicagoCraft/OperationsDoug ZellEmily MangeIllinoisIntelligentsia CoffeeMacroMidwestMonica TerveerRetailRoastingSam Saboriコーヒー
Ben LytleBurnside Coffee Boldly Goes Cold in Downtown Sacramento The entry hatch is wide open for customers at the retro-futuristic first cafe from Burnside Coffee in downtown Sacramento, California. Inside, the coffee purveyor is offering an almost other-worldly coffee... 2025.02.18Ben LytleBurnside CoffeeBusiness OperationsCaliforniaCalifornia/PacificfreezingMarketingmultiroasterOpeningsRetailSacramentoコーヒーBen LytleBurnside CoffeeBusiness OperationsCaliforniaCalifornia/PacificfreezingMarketingmultiroasterOpeningsRetailSacramentoコーヒー
Andrew BaileyMissouri 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... 2025.02.18Andrew BaileyBarista NewsBusiness OperationsCorporatediversityDonald TrumpequityIndustrylawsuitslegal issuesMidwestMissouriRetailSouth/SouthwestStarbucksStudents for Fair Admissions vs. HarvardUnited StatesコーヒーAndrew BaileyBarista NewsBusiness OperationsCorporatediversityDonald TrumpequityIndustrylawsuitslegal issuesMidwestMissouriRetailSouth/SouthwestStarbucksStudents for Fair Admissions vs. HarvardUnited Statesコーヒー
Andrew BaileyMissouri 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... 2025.02.18Andrew BaileyBarista NewsBusiness OperationsCorporatediversityDonald TrumpequityIndustrylawsuitslegal issuesMidwestMissouriRetailSouth/SouthwestStarbucksStudents for Fair Admissions vs. HarvardUnited StatesコーヒーAndrew BaileyBarista NewsBusiness OperationsCorporatediversityDonald TrumpequityIndustrylawsuitslegal issuesMidwestMissouriRetailSouth/SouthwestStarbucksStudents for Fair Admissions vs. HarvardUnited Statesコーヒー