Many CEO contacts have outsized bonus structures if they can hit big goals and seeing the large profitability jump I would not be surprised if this was it given how unprofitable SCA was for many years prior.
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Labor news: Tension in Chicago as La Colombe fired 5 workers shortly after union contract ratification. The company cited policy violations, while workers allege retaliation.
chicago.eater.com/2024/12/9/24...
Age-old debate settled? Scientists finally investigated whether light or dark roasts have more caffeine.
The answer: It's complicated. Dark roasts have less caffeine under identical brewing conditions, but higher caffeine at identical extraction yields.
www.popsci.com/science/best...
Scientists are using DNA analysis to crack the code of coffee wilt disease - a pathogen that's periodically decimated African coffee production since the 1920s.
Finding: The fungus "borrowed" DNA from other pathogens to infect new coffee varieties.
www.gcrmag.com/new-study-re...
Volcafe's dramatic cut to Brazil's 2025-26 forecast - now expecting 11M fewer bags of arabica than previously estimated.
We're heading into a FIFTH year of global coffee deficits. Experts project demand will outstrip supply by 8.5M bags in 2025-26.
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/co...
🚨 Coffee futures just hit their highest price EVER, surging past $3.48/lb after an 80% rise this year.
Which roast level has more caffeine? Plus, coffee prices break records, and researchers use DNA to investigate how coffee diseases spread.
This week's coffee news:
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The Coffee Shop Handbook is landed and will start going out in New Coffee Shop Welcome Boxes starting next week 🙌
My boss in 2015 floated offering this.
A bit gut-wrenching to see how many coffee roasters have no idea how a Trump tariff on origin countries will seriously disrupt their businesses.
Even worse the delusional belief that tariffs would somehow benefit them and their customers.
I like tabs! I can put an article brief into one tab, research in a second, draft in a third. Pretty handy.
Whoa I am honored. Thank you!
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