Industry News
May
26, 2009
McDonald's set to mug Starbucks in Europe
McDonald's is aiming to overtake Starbucks as Europe's biggest coffee chain, with plans to open several hundred McCafe stores selling pastries and cappuccinos this year.
January
27, 2009
Starbucks
to Stop Brewing Decaf Coffee After Noon
Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee chain, will stop brewing decaffeinated coffee after noon as part of a drive to save $400 million by September.
January
15, 2009
Coffee
Steeps in Value Marketing
Even Pricey
Espresso Makers Are Touted as Cheap Starbucks
Alternatives
January
14, 2009
Coffee
May Jump 26%
A strong cup
of coffee has a greater effect on men than women,
research shows.
December
23, 2008
Men
more responsive to caffeine
Coffee may
jump as much as 26 percent this year as Brazil,
the biggest producer and exporter, harvests
less of the bean and boosts consumption.
August
5, 2008
Sorting
Out Coffee's Contradictions
Through the
years, the public has been buffeted by much
misguided information about caffeine and its
most common source, coffee.
July
19, 2008
Starbucks
and America's First Taste of the Greater Depression
Starbucks
is the first, but not the last example of how
a falling dollar will make most items that Americans
over consume too expensive for Americans to
buy with their crumbling currency.
July
19, 2008
Save
Our Starbucks Campaigns Launched: Is Starbucks
Brilliant?
Now that Starbucks
Corp. has disclosed the 600 locations (see the
full, searchable list) it wants to shutter,
a phenomenon is taking hold: the Save Our Starbucks
campaign.
July
6, 2008
Some
coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes
One coffee
drinker's bad news is another coffee drinker's
good news, it seems.
July
1, 2008
Starbucks
To Close 600 U.S. Stores
Starbucks
Corp. has announced it's closing 600 underperforming
stores in the United States.
June
12, 2008
Starbucks
to open 150 more European locations
Starbucks
is boosting its European presence with plans
to license 150 new locations in Britain, France
and Germany over the next three years.
May
14, 2008
If
a caffeine jolt isn't enough...
If a caffeine
jolt isn't enough, Starbucks customers will
have another option starting Tuesday, when the
Seattle coffee chain unveils its "+Energy" products
in its U.S. stores.
April
8, 2008
I've
bean to paradise
Guatemalans
tend to be sweet. Colombians? Nutty. Africans
are known for their potent acidity and aroma.
Indonesians are generally earthy and heavy.
Not the people or football teams - the coffee
beans.
February
27, 2008
Starbucks
Promises Customers Perfection
SEATTLE —
A day after shutting down most of its U.S. shops
for three hours to retrain baristas on espresso
basics, Starbucks is welcoming customers back
Wednesday with a new promise posted in stores:
"Your drink should be perfect, every time.
If not, let us know and we'll make it right."
February
18, 2008
Drive-thru-coffee
players brew up new tactics as McD's espresso
rollout looms
As McDonald's
gears up to sell espresso-based beverages systemwide,
other specialty coffee operations that have
drive-thrus smell both challenges and opportunities.
