Specialty Coffee Retailer articles from February 2000

Specialty Coffee Retailer archives from February 2000

For the Good of the Group.
February 1, 2000... During the past few weeks, I've heard from several retailers and roasters who are making great strides to make a difference in the lives of their employees, community members and mankind. Take Cliff Young, for example. Young is the...

SCAA Sponsors Internet Coffee Auction.
February 1, 2000... The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) held its first Internet coffee auction early this winter. The auction, conducted in partnership with the Gourmet Coffee Project, the International Coffee Organization, the International Trade...

New Mexico Coffee Co. Under New Ownership.
February 1, 2000... The New Mexico Coffee Co., parent company of Avalon Organic Coffee and High Desert Roasters, is now under the ownership of Randy Whitehead and Andy Wieczorek. Based in Albuquerque, the New Mexico Coffee Company has been providing coffee to...

Gloria Jean's Opens in Turkey.
February 1, 2000... Diedrich Coffee, Inc., announced that its Gloria Jean's Gourmet Coffees division recently opened its first franchise store in Istanbul, Turkey. The store opening coincided with the grand opening of the high-tech Mydonose Showland entertainment...

Peabodys Coffee to Acquire Arrosto Coffee.
February 1, 2000... Peabodys Coffee Inc., Rocklin, Calif., signed a letter of intent to acquire 100 percent of the assets of Arrosto Coffee, previously the branded coffee chain concept developed and launched by California-based Koo Koo Roo (now named Prandium,...

Mystery Shoppers Guide.
February 1, 2000... How can you keep up with what's happening on the front line when you're looking at the bottom line? The Mystery Shopping Providers Association (MSPA), a professional trade association that promotes the ethical use of mystery shopping services,...

Gourmet Choice Coffee Co-brands With Twistee Treat.
February 1, 2000... Twistee Treat Corp., Warrensburg, Mo., purveyors of ice cream and confections through corporate and franchised stores, announced its co-branding agreement with Gourmet Choice Coffee Co., headquartered in New York. Under the agreement, products...

Green Mountain Wins Work-Site Wellness Award.
February 1, 2000... Green Mountain Coffee, Inc., Waterbury, Vt., won the 1999 Work-Site Wellness Program Recognition Award. Using criteria established by Vermont wellness directors and the National Institute of Health, the nine-year-old award recognizes large and...

Coffee/Bagel/Muffin Concept Coming to Minnesota.
February 1, 2000... BAB Holdings, Inc., the Chicago-based operator, franchisor and licensor of Brewster's Coffee, Big Apple Bagels and My Favorite Muffin, announced that it signed an agreement to open franchised and tri-branded Big Apple Bagels locations in St....

Seattle's Best Heads to Colorado.
February 1, 2000... Seattle's Best Coffee recently opened its first Colorado cafe. Located in Denver's Washington Park neighborhood, the new 1,500-square-foot cafe offers a variety of espresso-based drinks and signature drinks, such as Frios, Javanilla Shakes and...

Web Site for Gift Basket Buyers.
February 1, 2000... Imperial Foods, a Chicago-based gourmet specialty foods distributor, recently launched a new Web site, www.imperial-foods.com, for gift basket buyers. The site is divided into categories, which allows users to browse through items by...

Drive - Through BOOM!
February 1, 2000... The growth of drive-through espresso units is still in its infancy--good news for those who want to get in at the beginning of what may very well become a huge trend. Caution, however, is called for. Every facet of this business--from unit...

What's for Breakfast?
February 1, 2000... A specialty coffee retailer's morning baked goods line should parallel the quality and uniqueness of the coffee served. What's on the breakfast menu can have a tremendous impact on the success or failure of a coffee business. The right...

Community Coffee in College Town u.s.a.
February 1, 2000... Colgate University's Barge Canal Coffee Company brigs students and townspeople together morning, noon and night. Walk into the Barge Canal Coffee Company in the village of Hamilton, N.Y (near Utica), and you'll find a cross-section of the...

Candy Resolutions.
February 1, 2000... Spring is the perfect time for specialty coffee retailers to assess their confections and make their new years offerings better than ever. Your customers know your coffee is great, but can they say the same about your confections? With all...

Preparing Financial Projections: Planning for Growth, Part II.
February 1, 2000... In Part II of this series, Don Holly outlines four basic business strategies, placing special attention on the most common of the four--growth management. In the last article of this series [SCR - Dec. '99, p. 28], a method for preparing...