Nearly five years since the first Starbucks location unionised, contract negotiations are still dragging on. Can external pressure from shareholders and human-rights campaigners make a difference?
It's the Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending June 12th
For paid subscribers: retail coffee prices have soared in recent years, driven by climbing commodity costs and tariff stupidity. Some of those pressures have now started to ease, and yet retail prices continue to rise. Will they ever come down?
And much more! Read the full Roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
I’ll be back with a new article this Friday, but until then it’s goodbye from a very sleepy Merlin:
It's the Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending June 12th
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