Day: June 30, 2025

ALDI is introducing two Golden Bean medal-winners to its Lazzio range later this year. Image: ALDI.ALDI Australia’s range of Lazzio coffee, roasted by the supermarket chain’s partner Black Bag Roasters, has been crowned the Overall Champion of the Large Chain category at the 2025 Golden Bean Australasia Awards. This year marks the second in a row – and sixth time in the past seven years – ALDI has been named
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Merlo Coffee wants to create a strong coffee community in Queensland. Image: peopleimages.com.Amid a period of uncertainty for the Australian coffee industry, Nic Fry, CMO of Merlo Coffee, is on a mission to bring the café community together to create a brighter future. The Australian coffee community are a resilient bunch. Over the past five years, they’ve faced an unrelenting series of challenges – from COVID-19 and
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CafeSmart returns from 2 to 8 August for its 15th campaign. Image: CafeSmart.CafeSmart returns in August 2025 for its 15th campaign raising funds to support people experiencing homelessness in Australia. Liz Bayrak wishes CafeSmart wasn’t needed, that homelessness in Australia had become a thing of the past. Unfortunately, homelessness isn’t going anywhere; in fact, it’s growing. Fifteen years ago, when the idea of mobilising the coffee industry
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Venus Packaging’s heat-sealing machines are a popular tool among Australian coffee roasters. Image: Venus Packaging.Venus Packaging reflects on more than half a century of business, and providing packaging solutions for Australia’s coffee roasters. Australia has a proud history of local business and the phrase “Australian made and owned” is worn as a badge of honour to this day. With more than 65 years of experience in the packaging industry,
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Pigeon Whole Bakers puts pastry first, coffee second. Image: Pigeon Whole Bakers.Dipping into a café, you might pick up a pastry alongside a coffee, but Hobart’s Pigeon Whole Bakers is shifting that narrative. “Our early idea was to be known as a bakery, not a coffee shop or café. We wanted people to come in and order a pastry and maybe think ‘while I’m here, maybe I’ll
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