Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
PJ’s coffee of New Orleans aims to extend business overseas with the opening of their first store at Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city at Vincom B centre shopping mall (Dailyjournal.net). The company even plans to further extend the operation by opening another store in Vietnam by this December and ten more at different international locations in the next five years. Originally the
Top Chicago coffee roastery will be opening it’s first café in Naperville in mid-January, report Chicago Tribune. DeEtta’s Bakery, which is the only Naperville business to serve Sparrow coffee will create special pastries that will sell with the java. Chris Chacko, founder and CEO of Sparrow Coffee Roastery says, what is missing in Naperville now is a decent coffee, hence
One of the largest coffee companies in the United States, North Carolina-based S&D Coffee & Tea has been acquired by the Canadian beverage company Cott Corporation. The purchase price was approximately $355 million, according to a Street Insider report. Jerry Fowden, Cott’s Chief Executive Officer said, “After closing the S&D acquisition, we will have a leading position in the coffee and tea foodservice industry
Coffee prices saw an increase in the last two weeks after a decline was witnessed in February this year, report Deccan Herald. The recent coffee price increase raises hopes for coffee growers as they look at the market with great optimism. Coffee farmers were worried with a downward fall in prices last February. Prices in February reached a five-year low
The biggest coffee exporter in Africa is likely to increase its output by 5 percent next season since trees planted in Uganda in the past few years started producing. The nation’s regulator said that weather improvement played a major part (Bloomberg.com). Also, Bloomberg reports that coffee production through September 2017 is estimated to climb to 4.2 million 60-kilogram (132-pound) bags, from 4 million bags projected for the season ending
Since September 2016 and less than 1 year from its launch, CoffeeBI has become an SCAE (Speciality Coffee Association) member, a sign of a gradual but fast growth of our project in the coffee industry. This is an important stage that shows our commitment in being closer the players of the coffee industry in order to help them manage every problem
A Spanish café owner charges clients according to how polite they are. The café, found in Costa Brava, Spain, has introduced an incentive scheme to encourage good manners by clients, reports The Telegraph. The café charges clients according to how polite they are in order to get rid of the rude ones. A client is charged five Euros (£4.20) for
Coffee House, a Russian coffee shop chain, has sold its first franchise to Azerbaijan. The first café will open in Baku, the country’s capital. The franchisee is Coffee House Azerbaijan, LLC. Azerbaijan is a complicated market, with specific traditions. The most popularity is gained by places where one can celebrate a 500-person wedding. The market is more traditional, people are
Farmers are afraid the recent cold weather Kenya is experiencing will curb the flowering of coffee trees, reported Bloomberg. Crop flowering determines the expected yield for harvest. To prepare for flowering, coffee plants need about a month of dry weather before the rain starts in October. Contacted on phone by Bloomberg, Wycliffe Odhiambo Murwayi, managing director of Nairobi-based Sustainability Kenya
Famous Canadian coffee chain is continuing its international expansion and this time it is coming to the United Kingdom. The plan is to launch stores in England, Scotland and Wales under franchise with a UK investor, though it is not clear yet how many places there will be (torontovka). It is the first deal in Europe for the brand that