Articles Tagged with ''coffee''

When I asked my friend’s 5-year-old son what I should write my column about this month, he suggested Scooby-Doo or Batman.

According to the National Coffee Association (NCA), in 2012 the United States sustained its place as the largest coffee market in the world, consuming approximately 450 million cups of coffee each day, says Nina Hughes-Likins, senior marketing manager with Synergy Flavors, Wauconda, Ill.

Seattle’s Best Coffee, part of Starbucks Corp., and specialty food manufacturer Inventure Foods Inc. have teamed up to launch Seattle’s Best Coffee Frozen Coffee Blends.

Barnie’s Coffee Kitchen introduced Pronto! single-serve, cold-brewed, liquid coffee concentrates made from 100 percent Arabica beans.

In honor of Groundhog Day, Seattle’s Best Coffee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee Co., plans to ease the chill of six more weeks of winter with free beverages if the groundhog sees his shadow Feb. 2.

Maison Camus is bringing its specialty coffees to the United States.

Starbucks Coffee Co. will add a new Mocha flavor to its line of Naturally Flavored coffees in January.

Minneapolis-based Caribou Coffee announced a definitive merger agreement under which an affiliate of Joh. A. Benckiser Group (JAB), Ludwigshafen, Germany, will acquire Caribou Coffee for $16 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $340 million. The agreement, which was unanimously approved by Caribou Coffee’s independent directors, represents a premium of approximately 30 percent over Caribou Coffee’s closing stock price Dec. 14, the last trading day prior to the announcement of the transaction.

 There’s no denying that this time of year can be quite busy.