https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/company-news/united-states/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:51:46 +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/2023/12/08/mercon-coffee-group-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:08:37 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175309 Multinational green coffee trading company Mercon Coffee Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States on Wednesday. The move was precipitated days earlier by the unexpected suspension of...]]> 175309 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/12/05/ico-and-sca-sign-mou-in-support-of-global-coffee-industry/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:50:26 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175177 The top brass of the International Coffee Organization and the Specialty Coffee Association convened on Dec. 1 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining the organizations’ shared commitments to...]]> 175177 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/30/suntory-invests-in-beanless-coffee-company-atomo/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:33:30 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175106 Japanese multinational beverage company Suntory has invested in Seattle-based beverage startup Atomo, makers of coffee-like beverages in which coffee is not an ingredient. According to a Bloomberg report, the undisclosed...]]> 175106 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/29/al-liu-to-lead-sustainable-harvests-expansion-of-lets-talk-coffee/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:04:49 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175071 Green coffee trading company Sustainable Harvest plans to expand its progressive and influential Let’s Talk Coffee event series under the direction of longtime specialty coffee professional Al Liu. In an...]]> 175071 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/22/kona-coffee-farmers-and-kroger-accuse-each-other-of-breaching-13-5-million-settlement/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 12:57:05 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174924 In a case that has produced more than 900 court documents and more than $5.8 million in attorneys’ fees since 2019, lawyers representing a group of coffee producers in Hawaii...]]> 174924 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. ...]]> 174880 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/16/trader-caravela-coffee-implementing-self-management-model-called-one-caravela/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:08:12 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174863 Green coffee trading company Caravela Coffee has announced it is reshaping its management structure with the goals of improving collaboration, empowering individuals and better responding to the evolving challenges and...]]> 174863 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...]]> 174802 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/15/ziggis-coffee-signs-franchise-deal-for-50-atlanta-area-locations/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:48:58 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174849 Colorado-based coffee chain Ziggi’s Coffee has signed a franchise agreement for 50 new Ziggi’s Coffee locations in the greater Atlanta market.  The company has not disclosed the identity of the...]]> 174849