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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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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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Consumer Perception of Craft Chocolate and Desirable Product Attributes | Re:co 2021
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Consumer Perception of Craft Chocolate and Desirable Product Attributes | Re:co 2021

What can consumers tell us about craft chocolate, and therefore, about specialty coffee consumer preferences? To understand American premium chocolate consumer perception of craft chocolate and desirable chocolate product attributes, Dr. Allison Brown conducted a mixed-methods study using focus groups and projective mapping.

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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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The Home Experience: Expanding the "Slow Coffee" Segment
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The Home Experience: Expanding the "Slow Coffee" Segment

Due to distancing and mobility restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, specialty coffee consumption has been shifted from shops to home. Which marketing tools could be relevant to influence the coffee drinking experience outside the coffee shop? Results on the latest research showing how product-extrinsic factors influence consumers’ sensory and hedonic judgments of specialty coffee will be presented.

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Big Brands, Small Companies
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Big Brands, Small Companies

Branding, events, digital engagement, packaging, anchor visuals in the design of the space: is investing in all these things critical for success in a market more accustomed to the novelty of latte art?

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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 →