Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
The Eastern European coffee market seems to be a growing business, as reported by Bloomberg. This market is entirely dominated by Poland and Russia and it has increased its percentage share up to 5.3 percent, compared with only 1.8 percent in western Europe. Caffè Nero, a UK-based coffee chain, has at least 58 stores and plans to open at least
Last month, Jennifer Ferreira, a researcher in the Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University and Opinion Leader at CoffeeBI, gave a guest lecture at Leiden University in the Netherlands to talk about the coffee shop industry, recycling and the circular economy. The lecture focused on exploring the implications of the rapid growth of the coffee shop industry for
Coffee is a very productive and important business, however it can cause several problems with the environment: according to The Guardian, they propose a two key-points guide for the green coffee business. The most important thing to do is to choose ethical brands with certification bodies like the Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade Australia New Zealand which make sure that the
The sharing economy is growing rapidly and opening up new possibilities. People no longer need to own a vacation home, car or power drill. They can instead rent the item they need, when they need it, through the Internet. People are also turning to the sharing economy to find new sources of income, working as independent contractors offering city tours
“Sharing economy” attracts millions of enthusiastic users as well as strong critics. It goes by many names, including the matching economy, collaborative consumption, on demand economy, peer to peer economy, 1099 economy, gig economy, access economy and locust economy. On one side it represents a new way to exchange what we already have, on the other side it bothers some
The Coffee Board of India, the Indian organization which promotes coffee production in the country, is managing to expand and revive Indian Coffee Houses and private players. According to Business Standard, the Indian organization aims to increase coffee consumption by opening 75 full-service coffee houses. The Board is ready to achieve this goal by partnering with private sector operators, in
Rwanda’s government hopes to create a coffee culture in their country, convincing people to drink and consume what they produce. Rwandan people are not used to drinking coffee: infact coffee seems to be very expensive to buy (2,000 Rwandan francs, £1,70), and people usually drink tea instead, as reported by the Guardian. Pie Ntwari, a speaker for the National Agricultural
Arabica production is going to be shaken up by a record harvest in Honduras, which is expected to cause changes in commodity prices. Even if analysts expected 2018 to be an off-year for Honduras coffee production, the Dutch Bank, Rabobank, after a forecast of 6.5m 60kg bags, concerning Honduras output, has reconsidered its predictions and estimated a record high of
Reuters poll forecasts a Global coffee supply surplus in 2018-2019 with Brazil’s record coffee harvest: the country is expected to produce 60 million 60-kg coffee bags (44 million of Arabica and 16 million bags of Robusta). According to Conab, Brazil’s national supplies agency, in 2018 Brazilian coffee bag production will rise between 54,4 million and 58,51 million. In 2019-2020 Brazilian crop
In Tokyo’s Shibuya district, a robot barista makes a coffee at Henn-na Cafe. As reported by newsobserver.com, to order a coffee, the customer must buy a ticket at a vending machine. The price of a cup of coffee is ¥ 320 ($ 3). The robot welcomes the customer through an attached screen that shows facial expressions and asks if you want