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Labor Board Complaint Asks Starbucks to Reopen 23 Stores

A consolidated complaint from the National Labor Relations Board has urged Starbucks to immediately reopen 23 stores that workers alleged were shut down in order to discourage unionization efforts. According...

2023.12.15

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Anfim Gets Bigger and Faster with the Alba Grinder

Italian espresso grinder maker Anfim recently revealed a new machine at the top of its line of commercial machines: The Anfim Alba. The Alba’s 80-millimeter hardened steel flat burrs are...

2023.12.15

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Legal Dispute Between Montana Coffee Traders and Ghost Town Goes Public

A legal issue that has quietly simmered between two Montana coffee roasting companies since May spilled into the public sphere this week, with both companies saying they’ve received negative backlash....

2023.12.14

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Starbucks Asks for New Year’s Resolution to Reboot Union Talks

Following months of legal posturing from parties on both sides of the Starbucks unionization push, the coffee giant today sent a letter to the union organizer asking for a reboot...

2023.12.09

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Mercon Coffee Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Multinational green coffee trading company Mercon Coffee Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States on Wednesday. The move was precipitated days earlier by the unexpected suspension of...

2023.12.09

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ICO and SCA Sign MoU in Support of Global Coffee Industry

The top brass of the International Coffee Organization and the Specialty Coffee Association convened on Dec. 1 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining the organizations’ shared commitments to...

2023.12.05

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Suntory Invests in ‘Beanless Coffee’ Company Atomo

Japanese multinational beverage company Suntory has invested in Seattle-based beverage startup Atomo, makers of coffee-like beverages in which coffee is not an ingredient. According to a Bloomberg report, the undisclosed...

2023.12.01

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Al Liu to Lead Sustainable Harvest’s Expansion of ‘Let’s Talk Coffee’

Green coffee trading company Sustainable Harvest plans to expand its progressive and influential Let’s Talk Coffee event series under the direction of longtime specialty coffee professional Al Liu. In an...

2023.11.30

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Kona Coffee Farmers and Kroger Accuse Each Other of Breaching $13.5 Million Settlement

In a case that has produced more than 900 court documents and more than $5.8 million in attorneys’ fees since 2019, lawyers representing a group of coffee producers in Hawaii...

2023.11.22

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Howard Schultz Part of $20.3 Million Seed for Pod-Based Cold Coffee Startup Cumulus

New York-based home coffee equipment startup Cumulus Coffee Company announced today that it raised $20.3 million in seed funding while preparing to bring its home cold coffee machine to market. ...

2023.11.17

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