New York Mayor Bloomberg Seeks to Ban Foam Cups
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose regulatory legacy already includes headline-making bans on trans fats and giant sugary sodas, is now setting his sights [...]
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Stumptown Hires Beverage Exec Joth Ricci as New President
Longtime soda and beverage executive Joth Ricci has taken over as president of Stumptown Coffee Roasters, according to multiple beverage industry sources. The Portland native [...]
New York City’s Indie Coffee Shops Now Outnumber Big Chains
The number of independent and small chain coffee shops in New York City now beats the number of locations run by the city’s two dominant [...]
Vietnam Coffee Mogul Wants to Battle Starbucks in the U.S.
Dang Le Nguyen Vu, the man who has built Trung Le Nguyen Corp. into Vietnam’s top coffee retailer, says he has plans to take on [...]
Blue Bottle Bringing Square POS System to All 11 Locations
Blue Bottle Coffee Co. today announced it is introducing the Square payment system in all 11 of its stores across the United States. Blue Bottle’s Oakland, Brooklyn, and San Francisco Mint [...]
‘Javabot’ Company Roasting Plant Opens Detroit Location
The Roasting Plant, a botuique roastery and cafe hybrid that boasts proprietary “Javabot” technology, has opened a Detroit location, its first outside of New York. [...]
Williamsburg Oslo Coffee Shop Gutted by Fire
The Bedford Ave. location of Williamsburg’s Oslo Coffee was gutted by fire yesterday. The company announced via Twitter that no one was injured during the blaze. [...]
New York Roaster Inks Supply Deal with Casa Imports
Five-year-old Utica Coffee Roasting Company has signed a supply deal with Utica, N.Y.-based Casa Imports, making its coffee products available to Casa’s approximately 3,000 restaurant [...]
Albany Roastery Tierra Coffee Buying Theater Cafe
Albany, N.Y.-based Tierra Coffee Roasters, which currently operates two cafes, is buying a third, the Ultraviolet Cafe. The cafe had been run for the past [...]
Design Students Raise $300,000 for Coffee Temp Control Invention
Two former Leiheigh University design engineer students have raised $300,000 on Kickstarter to create a product that they say solves a common problem among coffee [...]
