With market saturated, Starbucks looks upscale>
For more than a year, the Seattle coffeecenti has been buzzing about the Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room that opened this month, the flagship of a planned chain of 100 plush stores selling...
View ArticleStarbucks Has A Brilliant Plan To Sell More Expensive Coffees
The Seattle Reserve Roastery. See Also Nine blocks away from the original Starbucks location, in a renovated 1920s-era building, stands a 15,000 square foot statement of Starbucks' heritage of coffee...
View ArticleStarbucks plans new 'Reserve' targets in super-premium battle
By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) Chief Executive Howard Schultz on Thursday unveiled new growth plans for the chain's upscale Reserve brand as it fights off competition from...
View ArticleSeattle will get Italian espresso machine maker La Marzocco's first-ever café
At the end of February, Starbucks announced it will open its first shop in Italy, and Saturday, Italian espresso machine maker La Marzocco opened its first ever café in Seattle. The two companies go...
View ArticleStarbucks invests in high-end Italian bakery Princi
Starbucks Corp. is partnering with a luxury Italian bakery in an effort to move more upscale. The coffee giant has made an investment in high-end Italian bakery and pizzeria Princi that allows it to...
View ArticleWhat Will Italy’s Discerning Coffee Drinkers Make of Starbucks?
“With great humility and respect,” Starbucks has announced it intends to open its first outlets in Italy in 2017. “With great humility and respect” Starbucks has announced it intends to open its first...
View ArticleRoast House to unveil Modbar
Roast House is remodeling its warehouse to accommodate an ultra-modern brewing system. It’s the same technology used in the new Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room, which opened late last year...
View ArticleLittle Amps Coffee Roasters third location opens in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG- A third location for Little Amps Coffee Roasters opened this week inside Strawberry Square in downtown Harrisburg. "This time, it's not a super vibey shop with neat...
View ArticleUpgrade your kitchen -- with a home La Marzocco espresso machine
Fancy an espresso machine? If so, you might want to start your comparison shopping over at La Marzocco. The espresso machine manufacturer last week unveiled a professional-level espresso machine geared...
View ArticleStarbucks Reserve Roastery
Seattle is known for its coffee, and while there are cafes galore, no Seattle coffee brand is better known than Starbucks Coffee. Many make the pilgrimage to the original Starbucks location at Pike...
View ArticleCold coffee hotter than ever in U.S.
The coffee industry is getting ready for its very own big chill. Coffee makers from global giants JAB and Illy to smaller upstarts such as High Brew, La Colombe and Chameleon Cold-Brew are putting...
View ArticleCold coffee popularity on a kick in U.S.; everyone is piling in
The coffee industry is getting ready for its very own big chill. Coffee makers from global giants JAB and Illy to smaller upstarts such as High Brew, La Colombe and Chameleon Cold-Brew are putting...
View ArticleFrappuccino Society: How Starbucks and Subway Exploit Their Staff and...
The Subway sandwich shop at Porte d’Orléans in Paris, squeezed between a bank and a boutique, was crowded when I visited one day in July, with maybe ten people in line, a man in a hurry, a group of...
View ArticleCold Coffee Is Booming in the U.S.; Now Everyone Is Piling In
The coffee industry is getting ready for its very own big chill. Coffee makers from global giants JAB and Illy to smaller upstarts such as High Brew, La Colombe and Chameleon Cold-Brew are putting...
View ArticleFrom cola to coffee: How Peet’s Coffee’s CEO is making his mark on the...
EMERYVILLE — When Dave Burwick took on the role of CEO of Peet’s Coffee in early 2013, he was facing a big challenge: lead a company with a 50-year history from public entity to private, while also...
View ArticleGetting the buzz on Melbourne: A coffee lover’s guide
MELBOURNE, Australia — It’s 9:30 on Sunday morning and at Stagger Lee’s, a cafe in the fashionable Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, things are heating up. A young crowd, bleary-eyed and languid, is rolling...
View Article8 great iced coffee drinks for summer
It's warm enough early enough these days that the first thing you probably want to drink in the morning is not so much a very hot mug of coffee as much as it probably is a very cold glass of iced...
View ArticleStarbucks is introducing a new national menu item inspired by a drink it...
Starbucks is debuting a new summer beverage inspired by an Italian ice cream-espresso treat. On Thursday, Starbucks is adding Affogato-style Frappuccinos to the menu in the US and Canada. The beverages...
View ArticleCold Coffee Is Booming In The U.S.; Canned Iced Coffee Is The Next Big Food...
U.S. consumers are drinking more canned and bottled iced coffee than ever, according to recent reports. The new trend of drinking iced coffee – famously sold chilled and in a can – is beginning to hit...
View ArticleChains offering free coffee for National Coffee Day
If you're hoping to get a free coffee on National Coffee Day, you're in luck. From Starbucks to Coffee Bean, National Coffee Day freebies and deals are plentiful on Tuesday, Sept. 29. So, skip the...
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