Data Intelligence for the coffee industry
The world of hospitality – this is the claim by Intergastra 2018 , one of the most important European trade fairs for gastronomy, hotels and dedicated hosts. In 2016, the comprehensive exhibition programme across more than 100,000 square metres of exhibition space brought together just under 100,000 visitors and around 1,300 exhibitors from Germany and abroad. And the success story
Start-ups are booming and developing more visionary tools, products and services then ever before. Newcome, which will be staged for the second time as part of the European trade fair Intergastra 2018, will offer start-ups a platform to present their innovations for the hotel and restaurant industry. Covering a special area of more than 1,000 square metres, Newcome will provide
The meeting point for the hotel and restaurant industries will become even more important. The hall area of more than 115,000 square metres, on which Intergastra is expanding through the construction of the new exhibition hall 10 (Paul Horn Hall), is almost fully booked up with the result that there are already waiting lists in some theme halls. “Intergastra 2018
In November 2017, the ICO composite indicator price (averaged 117.26 US cents/lb) continued to decline (down 2.3% from the average price in October). The Arabica group indicators were generally stable in November. For the Robusta group the monthly average decreased by 7.2% to an average of 91.33 US cents/lb. In October exports were 11.4% lower than the same month last
The Bag Broker, an innovator in the field of flexible packaging solutions, provides a range of products which include bags for coffee and tea, bags for food, true bio bags and bags for product samples. The company is highly focused on the quality of the bags to guarantee the freshness of the products: the bags are produced with a foil
An article on BBC News outlined ‘four solutions to the disposable coffee cup problem’. It re-highlights the scale of the disposable coffee cup problem in the UK – 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups thrown away each year, with only a very small percentage being recycled. The article highlights how many businesses have engaged in collection and recycling schemes, but also lists four
The gastronomy and hotel sector keeps reinventing itself with original ideas and concepts. A top-class, thirteen-person specialist jury has selected the winners of the Intergastra Innovation Prize from all the promising innovations entered in the categories Quality Assurance and Economy, Design and Function, IT Solutions and Kitchen Technology. Evaluation was based on criteria such as degree of innovation, practical significance,
According to Ico, the estimate of total production for crop (year 2016/17) has been revised upwards to 157.44 million bags, a 3.4% increase on 2015/16. Arabica production is up by 14.7% to 101.55 million bags, with increases observed for all three Arabica groups: Production of Colombian Milds rose by 2.7% to 15.82 million bags Other Milds by 15.6% to 30.29
Germany is the largest market in Europe for professional coffee machines. The demand for machines continues to increase thanks to new investments and the opening of new activities (e.g. coffee shops, bakeries serving coffee and coffee corners). In 2016, sales grew by 3.8% and are expected to increase by 4% on average in the next three years. [Sign in to continue]
Coffee is still the second largest commodity market in the world and the interest in coffee is constantly growing. At the 4th “Stuttgart Coffee Summit”, which is considered an indispensable get-together for the international coffee industry, the coinciding INTERGASTRA and coffee consulate therefore want to highlight the entire “from bean to cup” process and the individual steps of the value-added