Partnership
Caribou Coffee Introduces Limited Edition Vikings Blend
Caribou Coffee has launched SKOL Vikings Blend coffee in honour of the hometown Minnesota Vikings football team.
PGE Launches its Project Methodology to Accelerate Gender Equity
The Partnership for Gender Equity (PGE) recently launched its third tool designed to enable industry allies to more effectively engage in gender equity.
Testing the “Microwaveability” of Supermarket Coffee Brands
I recently came across a 2017 survey that tested thirteen/supermarket grocery store coffee brands in the United States to “find the best of the bunch.”
1850 Coffee & Alexis Ohanian Partner for New “Bold Pioneer” Contest
Celebrating the launch of its new coffee brand, 1850 Coffee, The JM Smucker Company has created “Bold Pioneer,” a contest encouraging aspiring entrepreneurs to bring their bold ideas forward and allow their passions to become their purpose.
MICE 2019 Moves to February from April
The new official date of MICE (Melbourne International Coffee Expo) is 7 – 9 February 2019.
Demand for Plastic Free Tea Bags Affects Packaging Changes
Tea is the leading beverage consumed worldwide – after water – but the tea bag format has historically not been environmentally friendly.
Louis Dreyfus & Jacobs Douwe Egberts Launch Sustainability Project in Vietnam
Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is launching a new coffee sustainability project to benefit 3,000 farmers in Vietnam’s Dak Lak, Dak Nong, and Gia Lai provinces, in the country’s coffee-producing Central Highlands region.
Teapigs Is One Steep Ahead of the Crowd
While aiming to become the world’s greenest tea company, Teapigs is also on a mission to improve the tea experience for consumers around the world by focusing on simplicity, sustainability and ethical sourcing.
Starbucks to Eliminate Plastic Straws Globally by 2020
Today, Starbucks Coffee Company announced it will eliminate single-use plastic straws from its more than 28,000 company-operated and licensed stores by making a straw-less lid or alternative-material straw options available, around the world by 2020.
Canton Tea Partners with The Wolseley
Canton Tea, a wholesale supplier to the premium hospitality sector, announced it has partnered with The Wolseley, one of London’s best loved restaurants from Corbin & King, to offer an exclusive range of teas.
Coffee M&As Accelerate & Show No Signs of Yielding
Recent mergers, acquisitions and overall growth across the coffee sector follow trends established by beer, soft drinks and other beverage industries.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging
The ICO Expresses Solidarity to the Victims of the Volcán de Fuego Eruption
The International Coffee Organization would like to express its solidarity and sincere condolences to the farmers, their families and other Guatemalans that have lost their lives and property to the recent tragic events caused by the eruption of the Volcán de Fuego.
Starbucks Extends Partnership with Arla Foods
Starbucks has a new strategic licensing agreement with the farmer-owned dairy cooperative Arla Foods.
Flo Collaborates with NatureWorks for New Coffee Capsules
European food packaging producer Flo has announced the launch of an industrially compostable coffee capsule created in partnership with NatureWorks.