Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
Interview with Katharina C. Hamma, Chief Operating Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH, and Dr. Aris Kaschefi, managing director of the German Vending Association (BDV). Are strategic goals being pursued with the date change to Eu’Vend & coffeena from autumn to spring? Hamma: With the new date concept we will further strengthen Eu’Vend & coffeena and its position in the international trade fair
Gloria Jean’s has announced its plans for expansion in year 2017 according to prweb.com and restaurantnews.com. The company’s plan mainly includes franchise focused expansion. Brian Balconi, President of Retail Food Group USA, parent company of Gloria Jean’s Coffees explains it saying “Here in the U.S., you can’t own your own Starbucks franchise, but you can fulfill the dream of owning
Congolese coffee beans are attracting the Specialty Coffee sector’s attention as reported by thelocalafricanews.com. As the specialty coffee sector sees growth, exporters, retailers and roasters keep looking for new grounds in hope to discover ever better tasting coffee beans. But discovering newer grounds also mean taking risks of entering world regions that have been politically unstable for several years now and
Starbucks Corporation’s financial results for its 13-week fiscal first quarter that ended on January 1, 2017, were announced 26th January 2017 by various sources like nasdaq.com, wallstanalyst.com and cnbc.com. Starbucks’ combined revenues showed a 7% growth with a $5.7 billion net amount as compared to the last year. Main increase in revenue came from the overall 2,163 newly opened stores
Every year, all over the world, thousands of coffee shops are opening. Although many of these succeed and become prosperous enterprises, many of them fail. There are many reasons for this – the wrong location, the wrong business plan or even the wrong product. Like in every industry, only the strong succeed. So how can you ensure that your coffee shop will be a success? Espresso Works created the info graphic that features some of the most important steps that will aid your ambition of opening your very own café. [Sign up to continue]
Cascara, meaning ‘skin’ or ‘husk’ in Spanish, is the outer peel of the coffee cherry (berry). In biological terms, we can say that cascara contains exocarp and mesocarp. The mesocarp contains a lot of pectins and small sugars while exocarp contains mostly polyphenols. It was for a long time a by-product of coffee production. Today, cascara has an added value as food and food ingredient.
The classic use of this by-product is infusion in hot water, but you can now find it as flour. It can then be used in flour blends to add colour, fibres and caffeine.
So, cascara is becoming popular and we expect in the next few years a big increase of its consumption. Why? Simply because Starbucks is launching a cascara latte. They will make cascara a trendy product.
Now, the most important part of this brief article:
How can I choose a safe cascara ?[Sign in to continue]
Preliminary results on the European coffee markets show that the consumption in EU28 increased by 6.4% in quantity in the twelve months ending November 2016.
The CoffeeBi analysis highlights that this result is due to the overall increase in coffee sales in the second part of 2016. In the first six months, consumption in EU28 stood at +1% (compared to 1st semester 2015).[Sign in to continue]
Java House, one of the biggest coffee shops in East Africa has opened its first shop in Kigali, reports All Africa. The coffee shop which started in Kenya has expanded to Uganda, and now Rwanda, has a total of 56 branches in these countries with 2000 employees . According to the Group’s CEO, Ken Kuguru, they are excited to have extended
After President Trump’s temporary travel ban and suspension of America’ s refugee program, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced he would hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years. According to ansa.it , Schultz said that recruitment would cover shops around the world, beginning with the United States, where priority will be given to immigrants “who served with US forces as interpreters or support
In the second article in this article series about social media , I want to talk about how you can build a strong coffee shop brand on your social media pages as well.
Or to be more precise to make your brand also visible online in the social networks you’re using for your coffee shop.
The last article was all about finding the right social networks for your coffee shop business. The thing is, being present alone on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter doesn’t make you visible for your online coffee community and the potential customers of your coffee shop. [Sign in to continue]