https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/cafe/by-region/northwest/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:57:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 23960308 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/12/08/starbucks-asks-for-new-years-resolution-to-reboot-union-talks/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:57:55 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175328 Following months of legal posturing from parties on both sides of the Starbucks unionization push, the coffee giant today sent a letter to the union organizer asking for a reboot...]]> 175328 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...]]> 174422 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...]]> 173656 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/02/roaster-retailers-kaldis-coffee-and-dancing-goats-coffee-merge/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:12:30 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172631 St. Louis, Missouri-based Kaldi’s Coffee and Washington State/Atlanta-based Dancing Goats Coffee (formerly also known as Batdorf & Bronson) have merged, Kaldi’s announced this week. The deal brings together two roasting...]]> 172631 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/19/portland-coffee-legend-jim-roberts-of-coffee-people-dies/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 16:15:33 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172192 Oregon coffee pioneer Jim Roberts, the co-founder of the iconic chain Coffee People who is often credited with opening coffee’s first drive-through, died Monday. He was 74. “There’s a hole...]]> 172192 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/11/fonte-coffee-roaster-raises-the-bar-in-downtown-seattle/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:54:17 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171713 After more than three decades of providing freshly roasted coffees to cafe and restaurant bars throughout the United States, Seattle roasting outfit Fonté Coffee Roaster has significantly raised its own...]]> 171713 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/22/juniors-expands-in-portland-releases-cost-of-production-template/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:15:32 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171269 Portland, Oregon-based roasting company Junior’s Roasted Coffee (JRC) has published its in-house tools used to ascertain green coffee producers’ costs of production. The public sharing is intended to support more...]]> 171269 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/24/spokane-chain-wake-up-call-moves-into-tri-cities-through-black-rock-acquisitions/ Wed, 24 May 2023 18:15:26 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170671 Spokane, Washington-based coffee chain Wake Up Call is now echoing throughout the state’s Tri-Cities region through the acquisition of more than a dozen Black Rock Coffee Bar locations. Portland, Oregon-based...]]> 170671 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/06/city-of-everett-approves-500k-settlement-in-bikini-barista-case/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 17:25:25 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=169413 After a United States district court ruled that portions of a city ordinance addressing “bikini barista” stands unfairly targeted women, the City of Everett, Washington, has agreed to pay $500,000...]]> 169413 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/03/15/class-action-suit-alleges-coffee-chain-dutch-bros-misled-investors/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/03/15/class-action-suit-alleges-coffee-chain-dutch-bros-misled-investors/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:05:59 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=168814 A class action lawsuit filed this month alleges that the coffee roasting and retail chain Dutch Bros misled investors in 2022, resulting in financial injuries to shareholders. Filed by class...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/03/15/class-action-suit-alleges-coffee-chain-dutch-bros-misled-investors/feed/ 1 168814