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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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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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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 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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Planning a Resilient Business
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Planning a Resilient Business

Vaughn Tan, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at University College London's School of Management and author of The Uncertainty Mindset, provides some practical tips (and a free, easy-to-use tool) to help entrepreneurs plan businesses that work.

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NEW Market Research

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 →