Specialty Coffee Retailer articles from October 1999

Specialty Coffee Retailer archives from October 1999

Trend Watch: Soybean Coffee.
October 1, 1999... Will soy espresso be the next big taste trend? It will if Al and Marina Kushner have anything to say about it. The couple recently started selling a caffeine-free, organic soybean blend called Soyfree's Choice at the company's web site,...

On-line Recipes.
October 1, 1999... Looking for recipe ideas for the shop? Visit www.allrecipes.com. The site is an on-line community cookbook featuring more than 7,700 user-submitted recipes. Within the site, recipes are categorized into a dozen mini sites, including cookies,...

Interactive Coffee Game Builds Knowledge, Traffic.
October 1, 1999... Bucks County Coffee recently launched an educational and interactive Internet coffee game, "Rob's Coffee Conquest," at its company site, www.buckscountycoffee.com. The game's objective is to have "Rob," the coffee ambassador for Bucks County...

On-line Reader Poll: What Are Customers Drinking?
October 1, 1999... Specialty Coffee Retailer recently asked retailers visiting its site, www.specialtycoffee.com, "What is your best-selling beverage?" Based on the on-line responses, mochas and lattes are far and away the most popular drinks. Mocha ...

Seattle's Best Opens Flagship Store in Seattle.
October 1, 1999... Seattle's Best Coffee recently opened its new flagship cafe in the heart of downtown Seattle at the corner of First and Pike. The 2,200-sq.-ft. cafe is decorated with natural woods, textures and colors, and has a seating capacity of 115. Both...

Specialty Tea Bar Expands in the East Coast.
October 1, 1999... Boston-based Tealuxe is in expansion mode. The tea salon, offering 120 tea varieties, eight to 10 iced teas, and six "made-from-scratch" chai beverages daily, has six new locations under construction in the Boston area and New York. Other...

Pepsi Chooses Sergio Syrup.
October 1, 1999... Pepsi-Cola North America is challenging consumers to try Pepsi with a shot of Sergio Syrup in its "Joy of Cola" national mall campaign. In the interactive exhibit touring shopping malls from coast to coast, Pepsi and VCI Beverage Center, makers...

Creative Advertising.
October 1, 1999... Jennifer Stone, owner, Stone Cup Roasting Company, Chattanooga, Teen., ran a coupon in the Sunday section of the Chattanooga Times-Chattanooga Free Press (circ. 108,820) and wound up winning three awards from the American Advertising...

Stock Watch.
October 1, 1999... Stock Watch Close 1 Month Exch. Company Symbol 9/14 Change NAS Panera Bread Co. PNRA...

BAKED GOODS.
October 1, 1999... Bake VS. Buy? No matter how you slice it, coffee and baked goods are an obvious match. It's a rare bird who doesn't appreciate coffee and a warm blueberry muffin in the morning. But to bake or not to bake is a dilemma nearly every...

Making a House a Home and a Coffeehouse.
October 1, 1999... When Gretchen and Mark Noah turned their Minnesota home into the Noah Coffee Company, they kept all the charm inside. On a rainy summer morning, the kitchen smelled of coffee, the dining room played host to a small gathering of writers and...

MARKETING COFFEE ORIGINS 101.
October 1, 1999... Educating consumers about coffee origins can grow interest and sales. Coffee comes to our cup with the world's history written in each bean. It has tales of brotherhood and deceit, tales of revolution and romance, of kings, queens and...

NATIONAL SPECIALTY COFFEE WEEK.
October 1, 1999... FEBRUARY 14-21, 2000 Each winter, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) sponsors National Specialty Coffee Week (NSCW). NSCW provides specialty coffee retailers the opportunity to educate customers about the various...

Sales Mix Analysis, Part III of III.
October 1, 1999... The Espresso Cafe It is often thought that the contemporary espresso bars and cafes of Europe and America are a specialized niche in the food service industry that grew out of the great restaurant traditions. Actually, it is the restaurant...

Coffee Brochures for the Information Age.
October 1, 1999... In the so-called information age, the key to consumer loyalty and increased business is the constant feeding of information to customers to make them experts. These experts, in turn, go on to convert others. So what is the coffee industry doing...

Jingling Cash Registers all the Way.
October 1, 1999... What will make your holiday retailing merry? Retailers share their best holiday promotions, merchandising ideas and decorating tips. That nip in the air--a relief for retailers and customers after a steamy summer--generates renewed interest...