VEVEY, Switzerland – Nestlé has retained its number one position in charity Oxfam’s sustainability scorecard, and improved its ratings on the issues of land, workers and climate. Oxfam’s Behind the Brands scorecard ranks 10 food and beverage companies on their policies and commitments to improve food security and sustainability.
CANADA – SPoT Coffee announces cafe build-outs, upgrades and improvements
TORONTO, ONTARIO – SPoT Coffee has provided an update on the build-out of its three new cafés, namely SPoT Orchard Park, NY, SPoT Glens Falls, NY, and SPoT Coral Gables, Florida. The construction of SPoT Orchard Park, located in the heart of the Orchard Park, NY community, is progressing on schedule.
NEW ZEALAND – Private Equity group acquires Bell Tea & Coffee Company
WELLINGTON – Pencarrow Private Equity has bought Bell Tea & Coffee Company, New Zealand’s oldest tea enterprise, from supermarket chain Foodstuffs. Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) is coming in as a significant co-investor, while BTCC’s senior management team will also take a significant stake in the company.
UK – Costa reaffirms corporate responsibility & sustainability credentials with new packaging
LONDON – UK coffee shop chain, Costa Coffee, has recently announced new product-wide packaging as part of the company’s wider sustainability and corporate social responsibility commitments.
ICCO – International Cocoa Council to be held in London on 23-27 September
LONDON – The International Cocoa Council and subsidiary bodies, including the Economics and Administration and Finance Committees, as well as the expanded Consultative Board on the World Cocoa Economy, will meet at the Holiday Inn, Empire Way, Wembley, London 23 – 27, September 2013.
US – Join J. Martinez for a cup of gourmet coffee and a bike ride with the Serenbe Monthly Group
ATLANTA, GA – Gourmet coffee specialist J. Martinez invites cycling enthusiasts for a free cup of their delicious brew before heading out to Chattahoochee Hill Country for their morning spin. There’s nothing quite like their freshly brewed to get you ready for a leisurely bike ride.
US – Keurig Store to open this holiday season
WATERBURY, Vt. – Just in time for the holiday season, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., a leader in specialty coffee and coffeemakers with its innovative Keurig® brewing technology, announces the launch of the first Keurig Store.
RAINFOREST ALLIANCE – Celebrate a Healthier Planet during Follow the Frog Week
NEW YORK, NY. US – Whether it’s your wake-me-up cup of caffeine or a sweet chocolate treat, a beautiful bouquet of flowers or a ream of printing paper, your choice matters. Supporting a healthier future for people and the planet can be as simple as looking for the Rainforest Alliance’s little green frog on everyday items, such as coffee, tea, chocolate, flowers, paper and wood products.
COLOMBIA – Cima Coffee Farms to offer plots of premium coffee farmlands in Latin America to individual investors
MEDELIN – Cima Coffee Farms this week announced it has officially launched as a standalone real estate concern dedicated to the sales of prime agricultural property: primarily half-acre parcels of specialty coffee farms in Latin America to individual investors.
JAMAICA – Coffee industry may lose some US$10 million in potential earnings
Jamaica ‘s failure to adequately address coffee berry borer infestation and coffee leaf rust disease during the years when demand for coffee on the global market was in decline could see the local industry missing out on some US$10 million in potential earnings for the crop year 2013-14.
