Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
According to Globes , Strauss Coffee, a global company based in Israel, is planning to acquire Norddeutsche Kaffeewerke GmbH, a German coffee producer located near Hamburg. Prior to that, in 2012, the Israeli company made an agreement with the producer. Norddeutsche Kaffeewerke has been producing freeze-dried instant coffee that is delivered by Strauss Coffee’s subsidiary to Russia and other countries in CIS. According to
Since I started getting into specialty coffee, I was always searching for the ultimate cafe experience. For me that means, a place where you not only get great coffee, but also great food, especially cake. What can I say, I’m German, I grew up with having an afternoon cake & coffee with the family. But during my travels and my
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
The Glasgow-based roasting company has been sold to one of the largest volume coffee roasting and retailing companies in the world, Germany’s Tchibo, a family owned German food business (Daily Coffee News). Although the net-value of the deal is not made public, it is likely to be worth tens of millions of pounds (heraldscotland.com) who are making estimate looking at Govan-based
The Berlin Coffee Festival, which is in its second edition will be hosting the VA Barista Challenge on September 2, 2016. This brings together the city’s top 16 baristas to showcase their skills. The festival runs from 2nd to 4th of September, with workshops, tours, tastings, the coffee market and others events throughout the whole city. The Irish barista, Colin Harmon,
According to a recent CoffeeBI analysis on the coffee market in Germany, three companies are ranked at the top for coffee sales in the HoReCa segment: Tchibo (the leader) followed by Alois Dallmayr and JJ Darboven. These three companies together hold 40% of shares in the HoReCa. In Germany currently there are about 130 coffee roasters operating, these being located particularly in North
At the time of writing, we do not yet know what will happen to the European coffee economy after the British referendum to possibly leave the EU, but for sure we can describe what London means for the world of coffee and how the UK is related to the European coffee economy. In the coffee world, London represents the fixed point in
French consortium Groupe SEB has recently announced the signature of an agreement with KKR. According to this agreement, Groupe SEB acquires WMF, a German group producing coffee machines and cookware. Thus the company has affiliated another old and famous brand to its list of iconic names (together with Schaerer, Silit, Kaiser and HEPP, among other). According to the press release
When it comes to espresso machine manufacturing, the industry hasn’t strayed far from its original European roots. The continent continues to house the largest number of manufacturers of professional espresso coffee machines worldwide – by a long shot. Europe is not only the largest manufacturer of espresso machines, but has also found itself as the meeting point of two different
One of the main thoughts of a coffee machine manufacturer is the way to find a good distributor. The type of machine supplied and the minimum quantity of coffee requested depends on different factors, according to coffee roasters interviewed. This includes the size of the coffee shop and how much coffee it sells. The potential economic return of a customer