PYONGYANG – High-end coffee shops are the latest fad among the mysteriously wealthy elite of Pyongyang, who sip their espresso or latte at prices equivalent to a worker’s monthly wage in North Korea.
TSC – Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, joins the Sustainability Consortium
PHOENIX, AZ, US – The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) is pleased to welcome Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) as a new member. GMCR will be participating in the Food, Beverage, and Agriculture working group, as well as the Electronics and Packaging working groups.
COFFEE INDUSTRY – Your Brand Café Announces Expansion of Printing Facility to Better Serve the Food and Beverage Industry
Atlanta, GA, US – Your Brand Café (YBC), an wholesale distributor in the coffee industry based in Atlanta, announces the expansion of its printing facility through new machines and increased printing capabilities.
CAMEROON – Geographical origin to play a major role in cocoa and coffee marketing
YAOUNDE – Geography should play a bigger role in cocoa and coffee marketing, say Cameroon‘s industry experts, such as Michael Ndoping, general manager of the country’s National Cocoa and Coffee Board. Ndoping said that as Cameroon looks to increase cocoa production, geographical indicators should play a wider role in identifying the price points for the country’s cocoa and coffee exports.
US – Vietnamese entrepreneur buys Wyoming town, plans to turn it into coffee hub
BUFORD, WY – You might wonder what a Vietnamese entrepreneur would want with a tiny town in Wyoming. Nguyen Dinh Pham paid $900,000 for the 10-square-mile town of Buford back in April 2012, making his first trip to the US for the auction. Now he has announced his plans: Buford will become a coffee company headquarters.
PERU – Farmers to grow coffee instead of coca
LIMA – Peru ‘s anti-drug strategy hinges on persuading farmers to grow coffee instead of coca, the raw material of cocaine, but low prices and plant disease are getting in the way, sources say.
EU’VEND & COFFEENA – Opening Press Conference to be held on Thursday, 19th September
COLOGNE – Eu’Vend & coffeena – International Vending and Coffee Fair, which will be held from September 19 to 21, 2013 in Cologne, will present a top-level international and multifaceted array of exhibitors.
INDIA – Coffee Board likely to cut estimates for 2013/14
MILAN – Coffee production in India for 2013/14 is likely to be at least 10% lower than post-blossom estimates, the Chairman of the Coffee Board on India Jawaid Akhtar said Monday.
D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 – First twelve month fiscal year results in line with expectations
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – Dutch coffee and tea company D.E Master Blenders 1753 reported 12-month results for Fiscal Year 2013[1] in line with guidance.
MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL – Executive Vice President to resign by year’s end
DEERFIELD, Ill., US – Mondelez International announced last week that Pradeep Pant, 59, Executive Vice President and President, Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa (EEMEA), will retire at year-end.
