Denver’s Amethyst Coffee closed in 2022, two years after raising prices to better compensate staff. But that doesn’t mean the project was a failure—in fact, it still offers lessons for the industry today.
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Starbucks launches a Howard Schultz original, the Oleato (basically just adding a spoonful of olive oil to various drinks) in an attempt to woo skeptical Italian customers. Meanwhile, coffee harvests in Central America are at risk due to lack of workers, and Intelligentsia closes two recently-unionized cafes in Chicago citing slow business and expiring leases.
Read the whole thing over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
I’ll be back with a new feature on Friday, but until then it’s goodbye from a very determined-looking Merlin:
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