Specialty Coffee Retailer articles from February 2001

Specialty Coffee Retailer archives from February 2001

EDITOR'S NOTE.
February 1, 2001... The holidays are officially over. All the baubles and lights are packed away, New Year's diet resolutions are waning, and your customers are back into their same old grinds. With the spirit of the holidays a distant memory, how can you help...

Caribou Buyout.
February 1, 2001... The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported in December that Minneapolis-based Caribou Coffee plans to sell 70 percent of the company to the Atlanta-based firm Crescent Capital. John and Kim Puckett, founders of the 149-store chain, will step...

Peet's Coffee Gives Back.
February 1, 2001... Peet's Coffee & Tea, Emeryville, Calif., created two philanthropic programs to raise more than $100,000 during the 2000 holiday season. Peet's continued its annual domestic Holiday Tips Donation program, and added a new fundraiser to support...

Grabbajabba Sold to Timothy's World Coffee.
February 1, 2001... Comac Food Group Inc., Calgary, Alberta, recently announced that it successfully concluded the sale of its Grabbajabba division to Timothy's World of Coffee, North York, Ontario. Comac is a multi-concept franchise management organization...

Seattle Coffee Company Expands.
February 1, 2001... Seattle Coffee Company, the parent company of Seattle's Best Coffee and Torrefazione Italia, announces the opening of a Torrefazione Italia cafe, as well as a Seattle's Best Coffee location. The TI cafe opened Jan. 2 on Union Street in San...

Cappuccino Label Change Nixed.
February 1, 2001... Rich Bouril, owner of Culture Cafe, Manitowoc, Wis., lost the battle to the Food and Drug Administration to change the name of "convenience store-type" cappuccino drinks from cappuccinos to cappuccino-flavored beverages. In his petitition...

Retailer Teams With High-Tech Heavyweights.
February 1, 2001... Atlanta-based Aurora Coffee, Inc., formed marketing partnerships with two major players in Atlanta's technology community to help it expand from three to 10 locations over the next two years. Aurora hired the high-tech marketing firm...

Starbucks, Microsoft Enter Agreement.
February 1, 2001... Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee Co. formed a strategic relationship with Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., to introduce a high-speed, connected environment in Starbucks locations across North America. Through the agreement, MobileStar Network...

INDUSTRY VOICES.
February 1, 2001... Kent Holloway 1. Why did you decide to start a second coffee company (Fox Hollow Coffee) after successfully starting and then selling your first espresso bar chain and roastery in Washington State? When I first got into the coffee...

MOBILE JAVA.
February 1, 2001... Is drive-through coffee a concept that's here to stay or just passing through? With society looking to shave a minute here, there or wherever possible, coffee entrepreneurs have introduced another way to lengthen the day. Drive-through...

Confections Coffee = CUSTOMERS.
February 1, 2001... With well-chosen confections and a creative approach to merchandising them, retailers can provide customers with a taste experience that enhances their enjoyment of coffee. Have you ever noticed that when you find yourself thinking, "I...

CONSULTING The CONSULTANTS.
February 1, 2001... Calling in a consultant to help you with your business can be one of your smartest moves if you choose your cards well and play them right. Foodservice operators of all kinds have been known to love them and hate them; listen to and ignore...

Pipin' HOT Panini.
February 1, 2001... The grilled panini sandwich trend has yet to cool, quite possibly because the versatile panini grill continues to add interesting sandwich combinations to the menu. The only thing hotter than grilled panini sandwiches are the sales they're...

Cafe Franchis in the Heart of Texas.
February 1, 2001... All three of Ed and Norma Bazerghi's Trianon coffeehouses combine Franco-America style with a healthy dose of Southern hospitality Austin, Tcxas, lies deep in the heart of the state's hill country. The capital of the Lone Star State, it is...