Coffee Republic boss rejects censure

Coffee Republic boss rejects censure
By Yvette Essen
Business
31 Jul 2006

BOBBY Hashemi, the chairman and chief executive of Aim-listed Coffee Republic, has hit back at claims that he is manipulating the share price. He was responding to a letter sent to the company late last week by 11pc shareholder Stephen Bartlett. It... read more...

Iced coffee is the coolest choice for long hot summer

Iced coffee is the coolest choice for long hot summer
JONATHAN PRYNN AND BOWILSON
Evening Standard (West End Final)
26 Jul 2006

ICED drinks are outselling hot ones in London’s coffee shops for the first time. Demand for cold coffees normally runs at about 10 per cent during the summer but baking commuters are cleari n g c a f s o f ice during an unprecedented boom for... read more...

VIRGIN: Starbucks should study Boeing example

VIRGIN: Starbucks should study Boeing example

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
25 Jul 2006

views as a quasi-public concern. And that points up something that apparently is not a core competency for Starbucks or Schultz – operating in the public realm. Chief executive officers are expected to be masters of a lot of things – among them... read more...

Brewing debate: A latte is good for you

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Brewing debate: A latte is good for you

Hindustan Times
25 Jul 2006

IN ENGLAND in 1674, anonymous authors of the Women’s Petition Against Coffee complained that they were suffering in the bedroom because men were constantly in coffeehouses, slurping that “nauseous Puddle-water”: “That Newfangled, Abominable, Heathenish... read more...

DRINKS: Pepsi, Coke put out coffee beverages

DRINKS: Pepsi, Coke put out coffee beverages

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
22 Jul 2006

skip their boring brew-at-home joe and plunk down several bucks for a fancy macchiato or latte. Pepsi and Starbucks teamed up in 1994 and started making canned and bottled coffees, including DoubleShot and Frappuccino, which are hugely successful,... read more...

Canning home-brewed coffee

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Canning home-brewed coffee
BY CAROLINE WILBERT Cox News Service
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
22 Jul 2006

ATLANTA – What? You brew your own coffee? That is so old-fashioned! At least that is what the beverage industry hopes you soon will say if you smell coffee percolating in someone’s home. The industry, led by Pepsi, is on a quest to make the coffee... read more...

Sequoia Cap buys $20-m equity in Amalgamated Bean Coffee

Sequoia Cap buys $20-m equity in Amalgamated Bean Coffee
Raghu Krishnan
Economic Times
21 Jul 2006

THE Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company (ABCTL) has announced an equity investment of $20m by venture capital firm Sequoia Capital India. ABCTL chairman VG Siddhartha told ET that there was no intention of spinning off the Cafe Coffee Day division... read more...

DRINK THIS Cafe Colada, $5.50

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DRINK THIS Cafe Colada, $5.50

Red Eye Chicago
19 Jul 2006

Have you recovered from the weekend heat wave yet? We never thought we’d say it, but we couldn’t wait to get back to work and hang out in the chilly air-conditioned office! But what’s a summer if it’s all work and no play? Head to Avenue Tavern and... read more...

Tea break at 11 o’ clock hikes workers’ efficiency

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Tea break at 11 o’ clock hikes workers’ efficiency

Times of India New Delhi Edition
20 Jul 2006

Here’sa reason for bosses not to begrudge their hardworking employees that much needed tea-break at eleven in the morning, for a new poll shows that it makes them up to five times more likely to get all their work done before lunch. The poll found that... read more...

Coffee gets applause for its antioxidants

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Coffee gets applause for its antioxidants

Miami Herald
19 Jul 2006

Since coffee comes from plants, I was wondering if it had antioxidants like other plant foods. All plant foods offer antioxidants and coffee, derived from a bean, is no exception. A study from the University of Scranton revealed that coffee is... read more...

Even if fans boycott, company won’t suffer

Even if fans boycott, company won’t suffer
BY MELISSA ALLISON Seattle Times business reporter
Seattle Times
19 Jul 2006

Fuad Eltayeb’s first reaction on hearing Tuesday that the Sonics and Storm had been sold was an impulse to boycott Starbucks. “I’m not going to spend any more money for him,” Eltayeb said after hearing that company chairman Howard Schultz and other... read more...

World coffee crop seen down 8%

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World coffee crop seen down 8%

Economic Times
17 Jun 2006

LONDON: World coffee production in ‘05 06 will fall 8% to 108.4m bags, compared to 117.4m bags in the same period last year, German analyst FO Licht said in a report on Friday. The figure was also lower than Licht’s previous estimate in September of... read more...

COFFEE Good weather forecast causes prices to tumble

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COFFEE Good weather forecast causes prices to tumble

Toronto Star
18 Jul 2006

Coffee fell the most since February in London on speculation production in Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter, may increase this year because of good weather. “Many expect the 2006-07 crop to be around 23 per cent higher than the previous season,”... read more...

Twinings brews a big pot

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Twinings brews a big pot
By Camille Ricketts
The Wall Street Journal Europe
10 Jul 2006

TLondon WININGS, Britain’s oldest tea brand, wants to turn the teakettle into the new wine rack. Twinings is introducing specialty blends, including a new line of white teas due out in September, in a bid to convince people to drink one tea for... read more...

A latte, a mobile, a game

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A latte, a mobile, a game
By LOUISE KRAMER
New York Post
09 Jul 2006

Starbucks is getting its hooks into cellphones, a medium that is getting a lot of attention from marketers lately. On Monday the Seattle coffee peddler is slated to launch a scavenger hunt and will send the clues to mobile phones via text message. The... read more...

STARBUCKS JAPAN New chief is brewing up billion-dollar sales plans

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STARBUCKS JAPAN New chief is brewing up billion-dollar sales plans

Toronto Star
06 Jul 2006

Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd.’s new chief executive says she aims to boost its sales by nearly 70 per cent, to $1 billion (U.S.), by 2010 and have 1,000 stores across the country. Maria Mercedes M. Corrales, left, yesterday shrugged off concerns of... read more...