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Exploring the Growth of the “Coffee And” Segment

As a move towards the "functional" grips the beverage sector, how might this trend shape opportunities for specialty coffee products and consumers?

Jim Watson explores the current market categories and trends in the US, specifically the growth of the "coffee and" segment.

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ESG for You and Me

For organizations striving to understand where profitability intersects with non-financial factors, the term ESG may be just as familiar as sustainability. KELLEM EMANUELE offers an ESG primer tailored for the coffee industry. →

 

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Growing with a Purpose: Coffee Collective
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Growing with a Purpose: Coffee Collective

It's easy to make assumptions about what makes a business like Coffee Collective successful, but the truth is that success - and growth - result from a complex web of decisions.

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Supply Chain Sustainability: Shifting from “Can” to “Must”
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Supply Chain Sustainability: Shifting from “Can” to “Must”

SARAH CHARLES, writer, Communications Officer at the International Trade Centre, and author of a recent dissertation on mandatory supply chain due diligence, outlines the history, opportunities, and challenges of regulatory sustainability approaches while offering a path forward for coffee businesses grappling with the shift from a voluntary to a regulatory approach.

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ESG for You and Me: Takeaways for the Coffee Industry
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ESG for You and Me: Takeaways for the Coffee Industry

For organizations striving to understand where profitability intersects with non-financial factors, the term ESG may be just as familiar as sustainability. KELLEM EMANUELE offers an ESG primer tailored for the coffee industry.

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Coffee is Just the Beginning: the Value of Product Diversification| Panel Discussion | Coffee Retail Summit 2022 (US)
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Coffee is Just the Beginning: the Value of Product Diversification| Panel Discussion | Coffee Retail Summit 2022 (US)

This panel discussion is all about product diversification! Hosted by Maya Ives Crowley, Owner and Operator at Uncommon Coffee, it features Jenny Bonchak, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Slingshot Coffee Co. / Needs & Wants and Sam Magtanong, Housekeeping Director at Mostra Coffee.

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Retail Technology: What, When, and How Can it Benefit Your Business?| Panel Discussion | Coffee Retail Summit 2022 (US)
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Retail Technology: What, When, and How Can it Benefit Your Business?| Panel Discussion | Coffee Retail Summit 2022 (US)

In this panel discussion, Damian Durda, Green Coffee Buyer and Partner at Nemesis Coffee and Ratnagiri Estate, Ron Shuler, Chief Operating Officer at Joe Coffee Company and Sam Spillman, Director of Coffee and Customer Experience at Caffe Vita Coffee Roasting Co, talks to SCA’s Elizabeth Odulshola about technology in the retail business.

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A Conversation with Dominika Poniatowska | Coffee Retail Summit 2022 (Europe)
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A Conversation with Dominika Poniatowska | Coffee Retail Summit 2022 (Europe)

Dominika Poniatowska is a high class market and insights analyst. She gained professional experience in the consulting, FMCG and retail industries. For almost 10 years associated with areas such as category management, shopper insights and revenue growth management. For almost 6 years she worked for the beverage market leader where she actively translated the corporate strategy into the sale of beverages. At the beginning of 2018 she joined Costa Coffee team where currently is responsible for portfolio management including matching the assortment to sales segments, determining pricing strategy and adapting promotional mechanisms to shopper needs.

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A Conversation with Michael Nagel | Coffee Retail Summit 2022 (Europe)
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A Conversation with Michael Nagel | Coffee Retail Summit 2022 (Europe)

Michael Nagel leads the International Expansion of BibeCoffee, a Telemetry solution that makes it possible to connect both semi-automatic barista machines and fully automatic machines of any brand on one platform. BibeCoffee helps coffee roasters and chains to standardize cup quality, transform commercial models and streamline maintenance.

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Scaling for Good | Jessica Worden | Coffee Retail Summit (Europe)
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Scaling for Good | Jessica Worden | Coffee Retail Summit (Europe)

Jessica is most well known for leading GAIL's Bakery to define good coffee in the hearts and minds of neighborhoods across London and surrounding areas. She is passionate about building inclusive cultures, celebrating craft and creating opportunities for personal development through coffee. In her role as Head of Coffee, she focusses on building sustainable business growth strategies to scale and celebrate specialty coffee. Jessica fundamentally believes that the specialty coffee industry can be a vehicle for local and global change.

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Designing for Innovation: The Role of Uncertainty | Re:co 2021
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Designing for Innovation: The Role of Uncertainty | Re:co 2021

What if you were told the things you've been experiencing throughout the pandemic—uncertainty and discomfort—are the very things that innovative and adaptable businesses not only tolerate, but embrace? Vaughn Tan explores both concrete examples of embracing uncertainty and abstract thought experiments to inspire exploration of your own business through the lens of innovative uncertainty.

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Meaningful Innovation, Mutual Benefit: Creating Value by Delighting Customers | Re:co 2021
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Meaningful Innovation, Mutual Benefit: Creating Value by Delighting Customers | Re:co 2021

As consumers' demand for unique coffee experiences grow, so, too, does consumers' concern about the environment and the welfare of actors across the supply chain. Aleksander Robaszkiewicz asks: What can we learn from products and services creating new, immersive experiences while generating value for everyone involved?

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A Career in Coffee: Why It Can and Should Happen
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A Career in Coffee: Why It Can and Should Happen

While baristas and other coffee professionals may find it hard to make millions, they should be able to make sustainable wages while also developing as a professional. What are ways that cafés, roasting companies, and other coffee industry organizations can provide this working environment?

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The 2019 US Coffee Market Overview

Periodically, since 2009, the SCA has published a US Coffee Market Overview, focused on the retail value of coffee in the US and the places where it is consumed →