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Coffee's The Latest Commodity To Get Hit By Bad Weather
The price of coffee is skyrocketing on speculation that Colombia's harvest will be smaller than expected for the fourth straight year. Coffee for December delivery jumped 10.6 cents, or 6.5 percent,...
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LavAzza Just Bought More Shares Of Troubled Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR)
According to a new SEC filing, coffee Italian coffee giant Luigi Lavazza boosted its stake in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters to 10.5 million shares from 7.7 million shares. This represents a 6.8...
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Here Are All The Changes Starbucks Is Making To Its Rewards Program
Starbucks is making a bunch of modifications to its My Starbucks Rewards program. The changes kick in on October 16th. Here's a breakdown for Gold level members: New benefits Gold members will receive...
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We Tasted The Lattes From Starbucks' New Verismo Machine — Here's The Verdict...
Back in July, Starbucks stopped by with a pair of its brand new Verismo machine which has just launched, and a bunch of us had the chance to try it out. The Verismo is the first single cup machine...
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Starbucks Is Hiring, But Its Jobs Are Overrated (SBUX)
One of the disadvantages to most part-time jobs is the lack of benefits. But Starbucks Corp. doesn't discriminate, providing the ubiquitous coffee chain's 95,000 part-timers with full health insurance...
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Dunkin' Executive Chef: 'Our Customers Are Ritualistic'
Stan Frankenthaler, the executive chef and vice president of global product innovation at Dunkin' Brands, knows what it takes to create a successful menu. Frankenthaler and his team of around 20 chefs...
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16 Coffee Freebies In Honor Of National Coffee Day
Whether you call it Coffee Day, National Coffee Day, or International Coffee day, this global “holiday” means one thing to North Americans: a free cup of joe. So in honor of the sacred day, we’ve...
View ArticleHere Is An $11,111 Coffee Machine
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These Science Buzzkills Will Ruin Your Fun
Science is supposed to make people's lives better, right? From glow-in-the-dark diapers to computers that fit in one's pocket, the present day sometimes feels like a future dreamed by science-fiction...
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See Six Alternatives To The Nation's Most Popular Brands
Marketing and consulting group Harris Interactive recently released results from their annual EquiTrend study. The study asks 37,000 U.S. consumers to choose their favorite brands in more than 50...
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MAP OF THE DAY: The Closest Starbucks Is Never More Than 170 Miles Away
Astronomer James R.A. Davenport posted this fantastic map on his blog If We Assume. It shows every company-owned Starbucks in the U.S., which means all the franchised Starbucks locations are not...
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Starbucks Is Threatening To Take A Doggie Daycare To Court If It Doesn't...
Andrea McCarthy-Grzybek opened a dog daycare in Illinois earlier this year. Then, she got a letter from Starbucks telling her to change her daycare's name and logo — or else, reports Stephanie...
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Starbucks Has Taken The Next Step In Its Invasion Of The Single-Serve Coffee...
Starbucks has taken the next step to snatching away more of Green Mountain and Nestle's share of the single-serve coffee market. This morning, it will start selling its Verismo machine — which brews...
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Demand For Super-Pricey 'Cat Poop' Coffee Has Driven Down Quality
The biggest trend in luxury coffee currently is called civet coffee, and it is made from coffee beans found in animal feces. The coffee gets it's name from the Asian palm civet, a mammal native to...
View ArticleAsia's Newest High-End Drink Is Elephant Dung Coffee
Perhaps feeling pressured by Singapore's new $32,000 cocktail, one of Thailand's more elite resort chains is releasing "one of the most expensive and exclusive" varities of coffee in the world. The...
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McDonald's Is Making The Next Big Move For Its Coffee Business (MCD)
McDonald's is going to start selling ground coffee, reports Annie Gasparro at The Wall Street Journal. Right now, its plans are limited to Canada, where the bagged coffee will be sold at major...
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The Best Hotel Coffee Bars In America
We Americans love our coffee. After all, the average adult guzzles around 70 gallons of coffee a year – and spends over $1,000 annually on morning doses of caffeine. While the habit can be hard on...
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People Are Lining Up To Get Into The First Starbucks In India
During the past 10 days, sweaty queues of up to 50 people have formed outside an old colonial building in downtown Mumbai, while a security guard operates a one-in-one-out policy. These hopefuls are...
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The Most Anti-Starbucks Menu Ever Created
Sorry folks — if you want a grande one-pump mocha no whip, that's not what you should say at British department store Debenhams.That's too complicated.Debenhams wants to make it as simple as it can...
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Starbucks Is Done With 'Coffee'
YOUNGER Americans will have to take our word for it: there was a time, way back when Ronald Reagan was president, when your countrymen ordered coffee by simply asking for “coffee”. Ordering a “venti...
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