Specialty Coffee Retailer articles from September 1999

Specialty Coffee Retailer archives from September 1999

'Make Taxpayers out of Tax Users'.
September 1, 1999... I walked by a strip mall the other night and noticed that every business in the mall had a help-wanted sign posted in the window. On my way home, I bumped into a friend who runs a coffeehouse. She told me how difficult it is to find anyone to...

Coffee at Large.
September 1, 1999... A small, family-run San Francisco Bay area coffee company set a record by making the biggest cup of coffee on the planet. On Aug. 4, Ryan Coffee Company brewed about 1,000 gallons of coffee in one giant cup and served San Francisco workers free...

No More Boring Lunches.
September 1, 1999... Following the successful introduction of its "Freedom From Boring Lunches" campaign, the Manhattan Bagel subsidiary of New World Coffee-Manhattan Bagel Inc. is further expanding its lunch menu with a chain-wide program backed by a multi-faceted...

Tully's Opens Five New Stores.
September 1, 1999... Seattle-based Tully's Coffee is opening five new stores. Locations include Issaquah, Wash.; Ketchum, Idaho (Sun Valley); Redmond, Wash.; San Francisco (Russian Hill); and Seattle (6th and Union). The Ketchum, Redmond and San Francisco...

On-line Recipe Winners.
September 1, 1999... To promote its on-line recipe database at www.davincigourmet.com, Seattle-based Da Vinci Gourmet launched a quarterly contest for most original beverage and dessert recipes. This quarter, Suzan Phillips, Baton Rouge, La., took first place in...

Seattle's Best Opens in Japan, Expands in Atlanta.
September 1, 1999... AFC Enterprises and its subsidiary, Seattle Coffee Company (SCC), Seattle, signed two development agreements--one with Nippon Brunswick Company, Ltd. and the other with Osaka-based Mifune Corporation--to open a total of 167 Seattle's Best...

Sammy Sosa's `Pour-and-Score' Ritual.
September 1, 1999... The Chicago Sun-Times recently reported that Chicago Cub's power hitter Sammy Sosa pours coffee on the tips of his shoes before every game, calling it a superstition. Sosa also admits to frequently throwing coffee three different directions...

Avalon Organic Coffee Launches Web Site.
September 1, 1999... Albuquerque, N.M.-based Avalon Organic Coffees announces its new Web site, www.avaloncoffee.com. Features include on-line ordering, organic coffee farm profiles, a "hot topics" section for further information about coffee farming and...

New World Coffee Primed for Chesapeake Bagel Buy.
September 1, 1999... New World Coffee-Manhattan Bagel, Inc., signed an agreement to acquire Chesapeake Bagel Bakery from Atlanta-based AFC Enterprises (Seattle Coffee Company's parent company). If the deal goes through, the combination will make New World's...

Starbucks X.
September 1, 1999... As part of its Internet strategy, Starbucks Coffee Company is creating a new lifestyle portal that will include content and commerce offerings within the gourmet food, kitchen products and home furnishings categories. "This is a category...

Stock Watch.
September 1, 1999... Stock Watch Close 1 Month 52-Week Exch. Company Symbol 8/9 Change HI NYS Chock Full O Nuts CHF ...

Coffeehouse Candies.
September 1, 1999... Candy companies are marketing heavily to coffee retailers, and with good reason. candy is the perfect impulse item to dangle by the cafe register and it teams well with coffee as an in-store sales package. This season's newest batch of...

Packaging a Punch.
September 1, 1999... Product packaging and placement play a heavy hand in moving products across the checkout counter. While waiting for her order, your customer spies a small gift box displayed next to the register. It's nothing too elaborate or expensive;...

COFFEE FEST SEATTLE.
September 1, 1999... On Oct. 1-3, specialty coffee retailers have a golden opportunity. It's the three days out of the year that Coffee Fest comes to Seattle. For specialty coffee retailers looking for practical business ideas and products to generate new revenue...

Aladdin Industries LLC.
September 1, 1999... Aladdin Industries' new Coffeehouse Collection beverage line includes a wide variety of double-walled, vacuum-insulated, stainless-steel products: tumblers, carafe, air pumps and sports bottles. The tumblers are available in four retro styles...

Inlytes Productions, Inc.
September 1, 1999... Inlytes Productions, Inc. adds a new CD to its collection of jazz music designed for the coffee drinker. The CD, "Tea Leaves, Coffee Beans & A Little Jazz," has a Latin flair and brings together saxophone, bass, guitar, percussion and harp in...

InterAmerican Commodities, Inc.
September 1, 1999... Providing top-quality green coffees to specialty roasters since 1983, InterAmerican Commodities, Inc. imports coffees from around the world and distributes them from San Francisco, New York, New Orleans and Seattle.

Panache.
September 1, 1999... Known for its kosher, Tuscan-style softer biscotti, Panache introduces a new kosher gourmet food line, "My Bobby's." (Bubby is the Yiddish term for grandmother.) The line includes five types of cookies and candies: Mandelbrot, a traditional...

Hamilton Beach Commercial.
September 1, 1999... Hamilton Beach has expanded its modular coffee brewer line to include pour-over modules. The units have an oversized tank to allow for faster recovery and have a 74-oz. brew capacity to allow for full-pot brewing in standard-sized airpots. The...

Honest Tea.
September 1, 1999... Honest Tea's new line of whole-leaf organic tea bags are available in eight flavors: Assam, Black Forest Berry, Decal Ceylon, First Nation, Kashmiri Chai, Moroccan Mint, Organic Earl Grey and Organic Green Tea. Circular in design, the tea bags...

Nantucket Nectars.
September 1, 1999... Nantucket Nectars has a new line of juices called "Squeezed Nectars." Made from non-concentrate lemonades, Squeezed Nectars are pasteurized and all-natural with no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Squeezed Nectars are available in...

Silver Legacy.
September 1, 1999... Silver Legacy, known for its range of coffee- and tea-related silver and gold jewelry, has a new line of 14k gold designs. The line includes a five-bean ring, single-bean ring and a stick pin (available with or without a three-point diamond)....

Retailing in RESORT TOWN USA.
September 1, 1999... High season and low season in touristy Taos, N.M., necessitates a different approach to traditional retail purchasing, marketing and staffing. Nestled along the Western range of the Sangre de Cristos is Taos, New Mexico. It is home to...

Holiday Tea Time.
September 1, 1999... According to the calendar, it's time to gather holiday merchandise for the tea customer. The retail buying calendar is like no other. Sitting in the heat of summer, sipping from tall glasses of iced tea to keep cool, the thoughts of the...

Sales Mix Analysis, Part II.
September 1, 1999... The Espresso Bar vs. The Drive-Through/Cart/Kiosk In my column last month, I outlined the basic assumptions of costs, sales, yields, margins, shrinkage and hours of operation for a typical owner-operated specialty coffee retail operation....

Employee Incentives.
September 1, 1999... Retailers reveal which employee benefits and perks keep employees most happy. In today's competitive labor market, the brightest and best candidates have their choice of jobs. When looking for a new job, these people naturally gravitate...