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It’s the weekend, and thus a chance to look back on the week in coffee, perhaps while also drinking a cup of coffee. Let’s see what’s been happening. Starbucks Hit With Sweeping Labor Complaint Including Over 200 Alleged Violations - via CNBC There will be more Starbucks
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It’s another Coffee News Roundup, which this week focuses mainly on one news item. You’ll see why. Nespresso Achieves B Corp Certification - via Global Coffee Report Independent green and ethical certifications have long been a way for companies to show consumers that they’re worthy, doing their
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Hello and welcome to another Coffee News Roundup, coming to you from the gloriously sunny Scottish highlands where the neighbour’s cat Merlin is staring directly at me from the garden. Let’s see what’s been going on. To-go Coffee Cups Shed Trillions of Plastic Particles Under Normal Use
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It’s the weekend, which means it’s time to check in with all the coffee news from the previous seven days. There’s been a lot. Here Are The Winners Of The 2022 US Coffee Championships - via Sprudge Six competitions took place over three days at the Specialty
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Hello and welcome to another Coffee News Roundup. Let’s see what’s been going on this week. Starbucks CEO Announces NFTs to Workers Amid Union Drive - via Vice You know what Starbucks workers, underpaid and undervalued and finally organizing for a better deal amidst rising living costs, climate
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It might be April 1st (or 2nd if you’re reading the newsletter) but you can rest assured that all the stories in this Roundup are 100% true (mostly because April Fool’s Day is the absolute worst). Daily Coffee News masochistically went through some of the achingly bad coffee-based
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Welcome to a (very delayed) coffee news roundup. Let’s see what’s been going on this week. 2022 World of Coffee Moving From Poland to Italy Amidst Refugee Crisis - via Daily Coffee News The Specialty Coffee Association’s flagship European trade show and competition event, World of Coffee,
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Hello and welcome to another Starbucks-heavy Coffee News Roundup. Let’s see what they’ve been up to this week, plus all the other news. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson to Retire as Howard Schultz Returns - via Daily Coffee News Howard Schultz—he of the mooted 2020 presidential campaign that
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Hello and welcome to another Coffee News Roundup. Let’s see what’s being going on this week. Coffee Industry Braces for More Supply Chain ‘Chaos’ as Oil Soars - via Bloomberg After worker shortages, blockades, lack of containers, and an increase in transportation costs, comes oil. Russia’s invasion
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SCA Suspends Russian Participation In World Coffee Championships - via Sprudge Given the bloody and ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the moves of other organizations to expel Russia from competitions large and small, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has announced that Russia will no longer participate in this year’s
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Not much in the way of news this week—in the coffee world, at least—so let’s expand the More Headlines section and take a whirlwind tour of some of the stories, such as they are. Coffee and Cocoa Slump With Consumption Dropoff After Russia Attack - via Bloomberg
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What’s been going on in the world of coffee over the past week? Glad you asked. Uganda Blames Withdrawal From Coffee Body Agreement on Unfair Trade Terms - via Reuters Last week there was a brief story about Uganda’s withdrawal from the International Coffee Agreement (ICA), an international