The United States has long been at the centre of the global coffee industry. But as policies shift under the Trump administration, that dominance is under threat.
For paid subscribers: What Starbucks’ CEO Brian Niccol’s meeting with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says about the company’s embrace of coffee’s wellness trend—and the trend’s darker side.
This week on the Coffee News Roundup: the big US chains are doing fine, a new tool to encourage more equitable coffee buying, and Starbucks is once again extending benefits—as long as you’re not in the union.
Read about all this and a fairly odd coffee-health study in Fresh Cup Magazine:
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