Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) held its 56th Annual General Assembly in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon on November 28 to December 3rd 2016. The theme of the symposium was “Inclusive Value Chain Transformation in African Coffee Industry”. Under the chairmanship of Cameroon’s Minister of Tourism and Leisure, Bello Bouba Maigari, who stood in for the Prime Minister, it
CoffeeBI celebrated its first anniversary on January 1st. It’s an important milestone for us, remembering that we started 12 months ago, and have continued thanks to the passion of a very small team. Now we are proud to be able to celebrate the loyalty of a tireless team of worldwide reporters, expert consultants, and clients who favoured and stuck with us.
The 2017 Good Food Awards has named 25 US coffee roasting companies as finalists. According to the GFA, 2,059 entrants were competing for a place meanwhile 292 companies were selected in the beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, cider, confections, fish, honey, oils, pantry, pickles, preserves, spirits, and coffee categories. In it’s seventh year, the award selected winners in the 14 categories
On December 1, 2016, Starbucks announced its new CEO, Kevin Johnson, who was before his appointment its chief operating officer. The new CEO who has also been on the Starbucks Board of Directors for 7 years, will take his responsibilities as president and chief executive officer on April 3, 2017. Howard Shultz, who is the present CEO will see his
Viktoria and Andrey Babin started their import business in 2010. The couple founded CoffeeDOOR and began to deliver Italian premium coffee to Ukraine. After three years and an internship in Spain the amount of green coffee the company imported to the country was measured in intermodal containers. The grain is transported according to all international standards and is stored in
According to a report by Daily Coffee News, 7-Eleven is for the first time introducing a sustainability certified coffee. According to the news report, the company announced the release of Rainforest Alliance certified coffee that is grown by farmers in Matagalpa, a region in Nicaragua. This comes after 7-Eleven announced in July that it was working to set measurable corporate social responsibility
Coffee farmers and traders in Uganda are happy as coffee prices have gone up this season as compared to same period last year (reports All Africa). Ugandan Coffee Farmers Smile The price of fresh coffee cherries has gone up to Shs1,200 per kilo compared to Shs800 last year, meanwhile a kilo of dried robusta coffee is Shs2,400 compared to Shs2,000
Starbucks, through its One Tree for Every Bag Commitment has raised funds to plant at least 22 million rust-resistant coffee trees beating its planned objective of 20 million trees by the end of 2016. Launched in September 2015, the aim is out to help assure the supply of coffee for a long term period and also the economic future of
According to a news reports by VietnamNet, during the launching of activities to celebrate the Vietnam Coffee Day on December 10, 2016, the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association, VCCA Chairman, Luong Van Ti said the industry is improving its competitiveness by restructuring itself. To meet the target of $5-6 billion for coffee exports by 2030, the industry is planning to
Production Increase According to statistics from the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, FNC, Colombia has produced 14 million 60kg bags in the last 12 months, reports Global Coffee Report. This compared to the previous year’s 13.6 million bags during the same period shows a 3% increase. Production from January-October had reached 11.3 million 60kg bags compared to 11.4 million bags within