https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/cafe/cafesretail/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:49:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/12/19/japans-geshary-coffee-buys-manhattan-building-for-38-million/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:49:32 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175547 Japanese coffee company Geshary Coffee has closed on a Fifth Avenue property in New York City for $38 million, with plans to occupy the building. The purchase of the five-story...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/12/14/labor-board-complaint-asks-starbucks-to-reopen-23-stores/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:55:04 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175454 A consolidated complaint from the National Labor Relations Board has urged Starbucks to immediately reopen 23 stores that workers alleged were shut down in order to discourage unionization efforts. According...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/12/06/with-new-roastery-proyecto-diaz-is-readying-first-cafe-in-oakland/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:56:38 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175213 An established roasting company with roots in Oaxaca, Mexico, Proyecto Diaz Coffee is opening its first brick-and-mortar cafe next week in Oakland, California. Coffees for the shop will be coming...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/14/starbucks-workers-united-organizing-red-cup-day-strike/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:15:49 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174811 Labor organizing group Starbucks Workers United is coordinating a strike on Red Cup Day, an annual marketing event by Starbucks promoting holiday-themed cups and messaging.  The union organizing group is...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/06/starbucks-raising-barista-pay-launching-north-american-barista-championship/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:01:53 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174662 [Note: This story has been updated since its original publication. In now includes statements shared with DCN by a Starbucks representative regarding the extension of  new employee incentives to unionized...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/02/spella-caffe-makes-triumphant-return-to-downtown-portland/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:18:50 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174422 An Italian-style coffee institution in the new world coffee hub of Portland, Oregon, Spella Caffè has returned to its downtown roots with the opening of a new flagship manual lever...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/19/uk-retailer-ms-rolls-introduces-plastics-free-to-go-cups-and-lids/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/19/uk-retailer-ms-rolls-introduces-plastics-free-to-go-cups-and-lids/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:03:08 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174290 UK-based retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is introducing plastic-free and recyclable to-go coffee cups and lids for hot drinks, a first for a major coffee chain. The company is introducing...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/19/uk-retailer-ms-rolls-introduces-plastics-free-to-go-cups-and-lids/feed/ 1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/19/seattles-cafe-avole-opens-inside-the-ethiopian-community-center/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:10:07 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=173656 The second retail location of Ethiopia-focused and Seattle-based roasting company Cafe Avole (IG) recently opened on the ground floor of Ethiopian Village, an apartment building and expanded wing of the...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/18/design-details-residential-shelter-at-blue-bottle-coffee-zhang-yuan/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:30:03 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174257 Welcome to Design Details, an ongoing editorial feature in Daily Coffee News focused on individual examples of coffee shop architecture, interior design, packaging design or branding. If you are a coffee...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/04/whole-foods-rebrands-house-coffee-line-drops-allegro-name/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/04/whole-foods-rebrands-house-coffee-line-drops-allegro-name/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:58:11 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=173943 Amazon subsidiary Whole Foods Market this week introduced a rebranding to its core in-house bagged coffee lineup, moving away from the Allegro Coffee name in favor of the Whole Foods...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/04/whole-foods-rebrands-house-coffee-line-drops-allegro-name/feed/ 1