Retail

Iconic Oregon Coffee Shop Chain Seeks $250K to Stay Afloat

The family behind two locations of the Portland, Oregon-area coffee shop chain Jim & Patty’s Coffee People launched a $250,000 Gofundme campaign to save the business as it faces mounting...

2024.09.12

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The Boredom Set Excites Pittsburgh With Two Bars and a Roastery

An upstart roasting company called The Boredom Set is enthusiastically piquing the neurons of coffee drinkers in Pittsburgh, opening two coffee bars within the past month. In the quaint, mostly...

2024.09.11

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Red Bay Coffee Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Oakland

Oakland, California-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer Red Bay Coffee filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late last month, citing financial losses in the first half of 2024. The coffee...

2024.09.11

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Firecreek Coffee Quenches Phoenix with Huge New Roastery Cafe

Flagstaff, Arizona-based Firecreek Coffee Co. has spread South to Phoenix with the soft opening of a second, and larger, coffee roastery that includes a sixth retail location, an onsite bakery...

2024.09.05

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Seattle-Area Bikini Barista Chain Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

The owner of a chain of Seattle-area bikini barista coffee stands pleaded guilty last week to tax fraud and faces up to three years in prison. In a plea agreement,...

2024.09.05

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Austin Coffee Festival Returns This Month, More US Cities Coming

The third annual Austin Coffee Festival is set to return to Texas’s capital on September 28-29, showcasing beans and brews from more than 40 of the area’s top specialty coffee...

2024.09.05

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Dripolator Coffee Flows Into Fourth Cafe in East Asheville

Like water through a bed of coffee grounds, North Carolina-based Dripolator Coffee has produced something warm and comforting in East Asheville: a new neighborhood coffee shop. The stretched out fourth...

2024.09.04

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SCA USA Chapter Launching Inaugural Re:Bloom Event in Chapel Hill

The United States chapter of the Specialty Coffee Association is planning to host Re:Bloom (styled RE:BLOOM by the group), a free education event created by and for specialty coffee professionals....

2024.09.03

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Consciousness Coffee Awakens in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania

Awareness of specialty coffee is newly heightened in South Central Pennsylvania with the opening of Consciousness Coffee. In the borough of Lemoyne, just across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg, Consciousness...

2024.09.02

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Qima Coffee Parent Company Buys UK’s The Gentlemen Baristas

Origins 1450, the UK-based parent company of green coffee trader Qima Coffee, has acquired London’s The Gentlemen Baristas for an undisclosed sum. In an announcement this week, Origins 1450 said...

2024.08.31

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