https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/company-news/people-company-news/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Fri, 29 Dec 2023 15:53:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/12/29/best-of-three-questions-2023-coffee-leaders-speak-up/ Fri, 29 Dec 2023 15:44:50 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=176850 Never in Daily Coffee News history has our “Three Questions” series traveled so much ground in a single year. In 2023, we gathered insights from people working in all corners...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/27/coffee-world-mourns-death-of-fedora-sporting-friend-gianni-cassatini/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:00:38 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175002 Coffee professionals all over the world are mourning the death of longtime coffee professional and industry icon Gianni Cassatini. He was 86 years old. Born in Sicily in 1937, Cassatini...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/27/here-are-three-new-world-coffee-champions-plus-final-rankings/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:06:48 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174990 The Specialty Coffee Association released the final rankings of last week’s World Coffee Championship events in Taipei, Taiwan. Held in conjunction with the Taiwan International Coffee Show, the three events...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/21/with-lofbergs-backing-danish-startup-growgrounds-seeks-environmental-change-in-coffee/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:00:45 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174912 A European startup called GrowGrounds is launching in 2024 with broad ambitions to address the environmental impact of coffee while also improving conditions for coffee farmers. Based in Denmark, GrowGrounds...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/16/howard-schultz-part-of-20-3-million-seed-for-pod-based-cold-coffee-startup-cumulus/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:52:47 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174880 New York-based home coffee equipment startup Cumulus Coffee Company announced today that it raised $20.3 million in seed funding while preparing to bring its home cold coffee machine to market. ...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/15/kyle-engelman-named-executive-director-of-nonprofit-grounds-for-health/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:02:08 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174802 The nonprofit Grounds for Health (GFH), which works to prevent cervical cancer in coffee-growing communities, has named Kyle Engelman as executive director, effective Dec. 1.  Engelman will replace outgoing executive...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/08/michael-sheridan-to-lead-coffee-quality-institute-as-ceo/ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:39:04 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174714 The nonprofit Coffee Quality Institute has named longtime coffee sustainability and international development expert Michael Sheridan Chief Executive Officer.  Sheridan, who most recently held the title of Director of Sourcing...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/06/keurig-dr-pepper-names-patrick-minogue-us-president-of-coffee/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:04:08 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174667 Coffee and beverage giant Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) has named longtime beverage marketing and sales executive Patrick Minogue as the new head of coffee in the United States.  The appointment...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/02/fast-growing-scooters-coffee-names-joe-thornton-ceo/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:57:10 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174601 Nebraska-based Scooter’s Coffee, the second-fastest-growing coffee chain in the United States over the past year, has named longtime restaurant and hospitality executive Joe Thornton as incoming CEO, effective Jan. 1,...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/12/three-questions-with-muna-mohammed-of-canadas-eight50-coffee/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/12/three-questions-with-muna-mohammed-of-canadas-eight50-coffee/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:55:41 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=173993 Born in Ethiopia as the granddaughter of a coffee farmer but raised mainly in Canada, Eight50 Coffee Founder Muna Mohammed had a profound experience when seeing coffee’s origins for the...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/12/three-questions-with-muna-mohammed-of-canadas-eight50-coffee/feed/ 1