Day: September 17, 2025

Menshen on improving capsule convenience

Menshen has been operating in the coffee capsule market for more than a decade. Image: Menshen.With the demand for better coffee pods higher than ever, Menshen has taken a different approach to raising the capsule game. The coffee pod market continues to grow due to the increasing demand for convenience and quality among global coffee consumers. Currently, the capsule market is projected to be worth almost US$63 billion by 2032.
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CEO Marco Zancolò on Franke’s future vision

Franke Coffee Systems CEO Marco Zancolò (left) and VP Technology Christof Hurni. Image: Franke.Franke Coffee Systems CEO Marco Zancolò and VP Technology Christof Hurni reflect on the company’s four decades in coffee and look ahead to what’s next. What’s needed to serve great coffee – not just once, but thousands of times per day in a range of settings from cafés to hotels to convenience stores, right around
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Regions on the rise: China

Most coffee produced in China is grown in the Yunnan region. Image: Yunnan Coffee TradersHow surging consumer demand and climbing production capabilities have accelerated China’s coffee market – with growth showing no signs of slowing. Chinese coffee has long been a curiosity, but the sector has evolved far beyond simply being a passing point of interest. The country’s coffee industry – from both a production and a consumer standpoint
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Championing sustainability in foodservice this FSC Forest Week

Image: BioPak.BioPak is calling on the packaging and foodservice industry to support the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in its mission to protect the world’s forests. The sustainable packaging brand has issued this call to action ahead of FSC Forest Week, which runs from 20 to 26 September 2025. BioPak CEO Gary Smith has urged the foodservice
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La Marzocco Local event returns to Sydney

Image: steheap/stock.adobe.comEspresso machine company La Marzocco has announced the return of its La Marzocco Local event series, which this year will kick off in Sydney on 25 September. Taking place at the brand’s Sydney showroom, the evening event will include a range of demos, question and answer sessions, and workflow tips with the La Marzocco sales
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Starbucks named official partner of LA28 Olympics

Image: Freer/stock.adobe.comStarbucks has been announced as the Official Coffee Partner of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games (LA28) and Team USA. As part of the agreement, Starbucks will be part of numerous aspects of the Games in the United States’ Olympic and Paralympic Village, and will extend the “café experience” at competition venues, volunteer
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Ethiopian coffee fetches record price at auction

Image: mapo/stock.adobe.comEthiopia is the latest producing region to see a record price fetched for a lot of coffee, with Alo Coffee selling a single lot for US$1739 per kilogram. The lot has been split by Coffee Camps Limited and H Proper. It was sold at the fourth independent Ethiopian coffee auction, Echoes of the Peak, hosted
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Nestlé introduces sustainable self-serve units

Image: Nestlé Professional Swiss food and beverage company Nestlé Professional has unveiled the next generation of its Nescafé furniture units, made with a new material that prevents used coffee grounds and waste plastic going into landfill. Panels on the new units are constructed from the sustainable material, which is made up of 70 per cent plastic waste from
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