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Caribou Coffee names new CEO
August 4, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS — Caribou Coffee Co. Inc., the second largest U.S.-based company-owned gourmet coffeehouse operator based on the number of coffeehouses, has named…
read nowStarbucks outlines exec exit package
August 4, 2008
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Outgoing Starbucks Coffee International president Jim Alling will receive a year's salary in a lump sum, plus a year's worth of…
read nowCuppy's to move HQ to Alabama
August 4, 2008
BlueMauMau: Fort Walton Beach, Fla.-based Cuppy's Coffee will move its headquarters to Muscle Shoals, Ala., on Sept. 1, company officials announced. CEO Dale…
read nowStarbucks aims for 100 new stores in UK
August 3, 2008
The Scotsman: Starbucks is on track to achieve its target of opening 100 new UK stores in the current financial year, despite recently unveiling the first…
read nowWhile Starbucks' profit drops, Peet's delivers
July 31, 2008
San Francisco Business Times: Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. earned $3 million in the second quarter ended June 29, 2008, up from a profit of $1.8 million in the…
read nowCaribou Coffee to host Q2 earnings call
July 30, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS — Caribou Coffee Co. Inc. has announced that it will release financial results for its second quarter ended June 29, 2008, after the market…
read nowStarbucks reports Q3 net loss
July 30, 2008
SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. has reported financial results for its third quarter ended June 29, 2008, revised its expectations for fiscal year '08 and announced…
read nowStarbucks to cut 1,000 jobs
July 29, 2008
Seattle Times: Starbucks plans to cut 1,000 non-store positions, the company has announced. About 550 people will be laid off at company operations around the…
read nowStarbucks closes most Australian stores
July 28, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald: Nearly 700 Starbucks employees will lose their jobs after the company announced the closure of 61 of its 84 Australian stores. The…
read nowStarbucks workers protest closings, join union
July 21, 2008
St. Paul Business Journal: A week after Starbucks announced it would shutter more than 600 locations nationwide, workers at the company's Mall of America store…
read nowStarbucks launches Vivanno beverage line
July 15, 2008
SEATTLE — Starbucks Coffee Co. has introduced Vivanno Nourishing Blends at Starbucks stores across the U.S. and Canada. The 16-ounce Orange Mango Banana and…
read nowStarbucks releases first 50 locations to close
July 14, 2008
SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. has released a list of the first 50 retail locations set to close throughout the rest of the year and into the first half of 2009…
read nowStarbucks to launch smoothie line
July 13, 2008
MarketWatch: Starbucks Corp. has plans to launch a new line of smoothies, set to debut in some markets as early as next week. The line, called Vivanno, will…
read nowStarbucks to close hundreds of stores
July 1, 2008
Newser.com: Starbucks Corp. plans to close 600 stores in the next year thanks to the faltering U.S. economy. The company didn't say which stores are to be…
read nowStarbucks to close Puerto Rico locations
June 30, 2008
Associated Press: Starbucks Coffee Co. will close three of its stores in Puerto Rico's capital by the end of June. Spokesman Adolfo Santana says the stores…
read nowLaMar's Donuts, Dunn Bros. Coffee ink co-branding deal
June 29, 2008
OMAHA, Neb. — LaMar's Donuts is teaming up with Dunn Bros. Coffee to open their first co-branded location in Omaha, Neb. The grand opening celebration will…
read nowTown looks to restrict Starbucks drive-thru
June 25, 2008
The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.): A member of the Madison Plan Commission wants to ban the restaurant drive-thru — or at least restrict it in the town. The…
read nowCaribou to offer rare peaberry coffee
June 25, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS — Caribou Coffee Company Inc. is now offering its exclusive La Minita Peaberry coffee, while supplies last. The company has purchased the entire…
read nowStarbucks to scale back music offerings
June 24, 2008
Silicon Alley Insider: Starbucks plans to eliminate most of its in-store music offerings by September, according to reporter Peter Kafka. But the coffee giant…
read nowRaving Brand's sells PJs coffee to largest franchisee
June 19, 2008
NEW ORLEANS — Raving Brand's has announced the sale of its PJ's Coffee brand to the chain's largest franchisee, New Orleans Roast and New Orleans Brew…
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