https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/cafe/by-region/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Fri, 17 May 2024 13:11:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/05/17/8th-and-roast-acquires-roaster-good-citizen-coffee-in-nashville/ Fri, 17 May 2024 13:11:47 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179913 Nashville, Tennessee-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer 8th and Roast has acquired award-winning Nashville roasting company Good Citizen Coffee Co. In an announcement of the acquisition today, 8th & Roast...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/05/15/stumptown-coffee-opens-anew-in-downtown-portland/ Wed, 15 May 2024 14:14:33 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179685 As it turns 25 years old this year, pioneering Portland, Oregon-based Stumptown Coffee Roasters has renewed its commitment to its home city with the opening of a downtown Portland cafe....]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/05/15/klatch-coffee-opening-five-new-shops-inside-sprouts-stores/ Wed, 15 May 2024 12:31:14 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179846 Southern California-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer Klatch Coffee plans to exponentially increase its retail footprint in 2024, with the first of five new stores soon to open inside a...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/05/09/blue-bottle-coffee-workers-vote-38-4-to-unionize-in-boston/ Thu, 09 May 2024 14:07:26 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179728 Workers at all six of the Boston-area locations of specialty coffee roaster/retailer Blue Bottle Coffee voted 38-4 to unionize following a successful petition to the National Labor Relations Board. Should...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/04/26/ryan-wilbur-and-laila-ghambari-buy-portlands-guilder-and-juniors-roasted-coffee/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:02:09 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179441 Portland, Oregon-area coffee professionals Ryan Willbur and Laila Ghambari have purchased the progressive and influential sibling coffee businesses, Guilder and Junior’s Roasted Coffee. The married couple plans to maintain existing...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/04/25/empower-coffee-roasters-starts-off-strong-in-mesa-arizona/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:56:13 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179397 At its first brick-and-mortar retail location in Mesa, Arizona, Empower Coffee Roasters is balancing a business model that offers high-quality coffee while also supporting and inspiring girls and women.  The...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/04/24/coffee-and-grocery-chain-foxtrot-abruptly-closes-all-33-us-stores/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:31:40 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179401 Specialty coffee shop and boutique grocery chain Foxtrot abruptly closed all 33 of its locations throughout the United States yesterday, giving little notice to hundreds of employees who are now...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/04/18/atomo-beanless-espresso-drinks-are-coming-to-bluestone-lane/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:38:04 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179201 Popular New York-based specialty coffee chain Bluestone Lane is placing a bet on the emerging coffee-free coffee movement, partnering with Seattle-based startup Atomo for “beanless espresso” drinks. Atomo’s proprietary blend...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/04/18/harder-day-coffee-is-making-it-look-easy-in-portland/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:22:56 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179136 The co-founders of Portland, Oregon-based craft brewery Steeplejack Brewing have plunged headlong into coffee with the Harder Day Coffee Company. Founded by Dustin Harder and Brody Day, the new coffee...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/04/18/sfs-sightglass-coffee-names-new-ceo-as-founders-step-down/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:22:10 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179233 San Francisco-born roaster and retailer Sightglass Coffee has named former Starbucks national sales executive Sharon Healy as CEO. Healy, who most recently held multiple sales executive positions with ready-to-eat meal...]]>