HANOI, Vietnam – Coffee exports from Vietnam fell to 134,800 tons in April, the lowest level in five months, the country’s customs office stated. Sales from the world's largest Robusta producer and exporter, fell 28.3 percent from the same month in 2016, the Finance Ministry-run Vietnam Customs said in its monthly report.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Quotes of arabica and robusta coffee dropped in the Brazilian market in April. The CEPEA/ESALQ Index of arabica type 6, hard cup or better (delivered in São Paulo city), dropped 3.72% between March 31 and April 28, closing at 457.68 BRL (144.24 USD) per 60-kilo bag on April 28 – the lowest value in real terms since ...
TORONTO, Canada – #CoffeeInACone: It’s part of the new generation of novelty snacks and drinks engineered not just for taste, texture, and mouth-watering appearance, but shareability. It’s billed as “the most Instagrammable coffee in the world,” but unlike most social-media-ready coffee creations, it comes from a country where coffee is ...
MANCHESTER, UK – Pay-as-you-go cafe Ziferblat has opened a new site at MediaCityUK on Salford Quays, Manchester - complete with sheds you can book out for meetings. The cafe - which has a branch in Manchester’s Northern Quarter - has taken the ground and mezzanine floors of the Tomorrow building - charging eight pence per minute ...
MILAN – In 1Q17, SSSG for Dunkin’ Donuts, which operates under the umbrella of Dunkin’ Brands, was flat in the United States. The increase in ticket size was offset by less traffic. The company blamed colder weather in March 2017 in the Northeast markets for the fall in traffic, claiming that it lowered the segment’s SSSG by 0.60%.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, U.S. – Greg Ubert, founder and president of Columbus coffee roaster Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea, has been named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award in the Ohio Valley Region. The awards program, which is celebrating its 31st year, recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation ...
MISSISSAUGA, Canada – Canadian specialty coffee retailer Second Cup's chief executive Alix Box left the company, effective yesterday. Box also stepped down from the company's board of directors. The coffee chain said Garry MacDonald, a current member of Second Cup's board of directors and a former president of Country Style Donuts ...
LONDON – Coffee prices fell sharply at the end of April as institutional investors sold off their positions. The coffee market continues to be well supplied as total exports in the first half of coffee year 2016/17 are estimated up by 4.8% to 60 million bags. In absence of fundamental news, the outlook for the 2017/18 crop ...
GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG – IVS Group S.A. informs that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on May 9th, 2017 in Luxembourg, chaired by Mr. Antonio Tartaro, resolved the approval of the Consolidated Financial Statement and the company’s Annual Accounts for the financial year 2016.
BINASCO, Italy – Faema E71, which was designed for the international community of baristas and coffee specialists, will be the official machine used for the final round of the Spanish Latte Art Championship, the winner of which will go on to compete in the World Championship in Budapest in June.