Specialty Coffee Retailer articles from August 2002

Specialty Coffee Retailer archives from August 2002

Good things come in small packages. (Editor's Note).
August 1, 2002... My family and I recently pulled up stakes and moved to a smaller town quite a bit farther west of Chicago. We needed a larger home with our expanding family, but were feeling the pinch of metro-Chicago housing prices. What we have found in our...

Brazilian coffee forecast. (Brew News).
August 1, 2002... The MY 2002-03 Brazilian coffee production is forecast at 46.85 million 60-kg bags, up 39 percent from the previous year estimate of 33.7 million bags, according to a report published recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign...

Fastest-Growing Small Company. (Brew News).
August 1, 2002... For the second consecutive year, Fortune Small Business magazine has ranked Green Mountain Coffee, Inc., Waterbury, Vt., among the top 20 on its list of the 100 "Fastest-Growing Small Companies" in America. Working with Zack's Investment...

Literary Cafe opening. (Brew News).
August 1, 2002... Legendary Superstars, Inc.'s publishing division, Blue Heron Publishing, has completed the formation of "The Literary Cafe" ("TLC"). The Literary Cafe, as a subsidiary of the company, intends to acquire existing, develop new, and own and...

Sustainable or Bust. (Brew News).
August 1, 2002... A 35-year-old attorney in Berkeley. Calif., is proposing that all brewed coffee sold in Berkeley be either organic, shade-grown and/or fair-trade. According to the Contra Costa Times, the attorney, Rick Young, has 3,000 signatures, "enough,...

Industry voices.
August 1, 2002... Don Holly corporate quality manager Green Mountain Coffee Roasters www.greenmountaincoffee.com Q: What does your new role as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters' corporate quality manager entail? Generally, my role is to...

Kid-Friendly drink program. (Brew News).
August 1, 2002... Java Frost now offers a "KdZone" beverage reward program for younger customers in the coffeehouse. The KdZone program includes one case of six 3.8-pound bags of Java Frost drink mixes, posters, T-shirts, drink cards, a fun stamp for the drink...

Action sets record price. (Brew News).
August 1, 2002... Nicaragua's first-place coffee at the most recent "Cup of Excellence" Internet auction, set a program record when a group of European roasters bid up its price to $11.75 per pound. Mercanta, an importer based in London, successfully placed the...

Breakfast builders: fresh, flavorsome baked goods satisfy the morning coffee crowd.
August 1, 2002... Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It "breaks the fast" since the last repast, usually 10 or 12 hours ago, supplying essential fuel to the body and the brain. Studies have actually found a correlation between breakfast and...

Make mine organic: with more consumers uttering this phrase, the rush is on for chemical-free coffee and tea.
August 1, 2002... Some retailers think that the only people who purchase organic products are flower children from the '60s. That couldn't be more wrong. Organic products are being bought by well-heeled business executives, senior citizens with health concerns,...

Bagging the bean: the decisions don't end once you've got the beans roasted--you've still got to decide how to present them.
August 1, 2002... The decision on what kind of bean to use has been made. The features of all different kinds of roasters have been carefully reviewed, and one roaster has been chosen. Even the type of roast has been selected. Think the decision making is...

Marketing music: coffeehouse customers are a captive audience--why not give them the opportunity to buy the music they hear while visiting the shop?
August 1, 2002... Just as great music enhances the experience of film, so can the right music enhance the coffeehouse experience. Well-selected music for the coffeehouse can soothe a weary soul, stimulate conversation among friends, and make a tete-a-tete even...

Entertaining the younger set--and profiting: creating a child-friendly coffeehouse is an awfully smart way to keep the kids happy and the parents' mochas pouring. (Regional Update).
August 1, 2002... Not every coffeehouse is a child friendly place. Not every coffeehouse wants to be. For some retailers, the commotion that sometimes goes along with children is not part of the retailer's vision for the shop. But for those retailers who...