As a member of the specialty coffee industry, it is important to stay abreast of all coffee related news. Prices, trends, customer habits and international phenomenon all affect the success of your business. Of course you can read newspapers and watch commodity prices, but it can be difficult to form a complete view of the [...]
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The Specialty Coffee Association of America recently released their Sector Report which outlines trends within the coffee house and cafe industry through the second quarter of this year. I’ve spent some time looking over the data and here’s what I think you, as an independent retailer, should pay attention to: 1) Overall coffee house sales [...]
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