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What We Brew in the Shadows

The shadow of Halloween is upon us. Here are the spine-tingling delights being brewed at cafés across the cornfields. BY J. MARIE CARLANBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Featured photo by Ksenia Yakovleva Greetings, ghouls, goblins, and goodies! […]
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Starbucks Australia appoints new CEO

Image: lenscap50/stock.adobe.comBraeden Lord has been appointed as the new CEO of Starbucks Australia, effective 25 November 2024. Currently CEO of Gelatissimo, …
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Australian cafés and restaurants receive more than $250,000 in grants

Bojak Brewing in Melbourne was among the grant recipients. Image: American Express Thirteen cafés and small restaurants in Melbourne and Sydney have each won a $21,500 grant from American Express to support …
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Global Coffee Report

Starbucks to remove extra charge for non-dairy milk

Image: beeboys/stock.adobe.comFrom 7 November 2024, global coffee chain Starbucks will no longer charge extra for customising beverages with non-dairy milk in its United States and Canada stores. “Core to the Starbucks experience is the ability to customise your beverage to make it yours,” says Brian Niccol, Starbucks Chairman and CEO. “By removing the extra charge for
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Cropster inventory feature to ‘revolutionise’ operational efficiency

Image: Cropster.Roasting software company Cropster has introduced the Cafe Inventory Insight Feature, tailored for coffee chains to help monitor unsold coffee. “This innovative tool empowers managers and floor managers to effortlessly oversee coffee stock, optimise inventory, and boost operational efficiency,” the company said in a statement. The Cafe Inventory Insight Feature helps monitor unsold coffee by
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Luckin Coffee reveals third-quarter results; plans to expand in US

Image: Robert/stock.adobe.comIn its third quarter 2024 financial results, Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee has reported a 41.4 per cent increase in net revenues from the same time last year, as it evaluates expansion opportunities in the United States (US). The quarterly results, released on 30 October 2024, revealed a revenue jump from RMB7200 million (US$1012 million)
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Bean Scene Magazine

New smartphone sensor developed to detect spoiled milk

Image: Elena Medoks/stock.adobe.comResearchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) School of Computer Science and Engineering have developed a smartphone sensor …
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Global Coffee Report

Starbucks Australia appoints new CEO

Image: Nitiphol/stock.adobe.comStarbucks Australia has appointed Braeden Lord as its new CEO, effective 25 November 2024. Lord, currently CEO of Australian gelato brand Gelatissimo, has leadership experience from roles at major retail brands, including 7-Eleven. Lord has had a relationship with Starbucks since 2004 and has served on the board of directors since 2015. He succeeds Chris
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Reality hit: Brazil’s coffee industry still struggling to recover

Coffee Grower Virginia Aguiar at Fazenda Semente in the Cerrado region inspecting the impact of the 2021 frost damage. Image: Maja Wallengren.Three years after the most damaging frost to hit Brazil in half a century, and amid other ongoing weather disasters, growers across the world’s largest producing country are still struggling to recover. Maja Wallengren reports for Global Coffee Report.  Brazilian coffee fields are famous for stretching hundreds of kilometres as far as the eye can
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