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GLOBAL – Nestlé brings Nescafé Dolce Gusto to Australia

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MILANO – Nestlé aims to build on the success of one of its fastest-growing brands with the launch of ‘coffee shop at home’ system Nescafé Dolce Gusto in Australia.

Nescafé Dolce Gusto goes to the other part of the world

The roll-out reflects increasing consumer demand worldwide for Nestlé’s innovations in systems technology, including Nespresso premium portioned coffee and Special T premium portioned tea.

It makes 30 different hot and cold beverages

Including cappuccino, hot chocolate and iced tea, achieved global sales of almost CHF 600 million in 2011.

Its launch in Australia comes two months after Nestlé announced the roll-out of Special.T to five new countries in Europe.

Setting a new standard “There are many home beverage machines on the market in Australia, but Nescafé Dolce Gusto is different,” said Kais Marzouki, Nestlé Australia’s Business Executive Manager for Beverages.

“It has a 15-bar pressure pump similar to those used in café coffee machines. Which helps to produce a layer of frothy milk to create the perfect macchiato, cappuccino, or café au lait.

“It sets a new standard in Australia by allowing consumers to use just one machine to make café-style coffee, as well as a range of other beverages, quickly, easily. And without any mess.”

Easy to use To use the Nescafé Dolce Gusto system

Consumers simply place a beverage capsule in the top of the machine and press a button. The machine injects water into the capsule to build pressure inside it. It then pierces the base of the capsule to create the beverage. Which is released intothe cup below.

Consumers can choose either a manual machine, which requires them to regulate the amount of liquid going into the cup themselves, or a computerised variety. Which automatically measures the amount of each beverage released for extra convenience.

First launched Nescafé Dolce Gusto in Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom in 2006

It is now available in 62 countries, with 41 of these in Europe.

The company continues to invest in the brand as its popularity increases.

In the past 12 months Nestlé announced it would open a new CHF 265 million Nescafé Dolce Gusto factory in Germany. The largest market for the brand worldwide, while investing GBP 110 million (more than CHF 156 million) in its Nescafé Dolce Gusto factory in the United Kingdom to triple coffee capsule production.

US 1/ – Kona Coffee Cultural Festival roll’s out its 42nd edition

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MILANO – Kona coffee will take center stage at the 42nd annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival kicking off Nov. 2. Several festival events are calling local residents and visitors to take part in the Festival fun.

Kona Coffee – 100% Gourmet, the theme for this year’s Festival

“Kona Coffee – 100% Gourmet,” reflects the ongoing efforts of the community of growers and distributors to draw attention to Kona Coffee’s overall quality. Beginning on Friday, November 2nd and stretching all the way to Sunday, November 11th. It makes this festival one of the longest and most unique in the world.

Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Parade

The Committee invites the community to enter the 42nd annual parade at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10. Community groups are encouraged to get their entries in. Deadline has been extended to Friday, Nov. 3.

UCC Hawaii Picking Contest

It rises early on Sunday Nov. 4. Registration starts at 7:30 am at the Ueshima coffee farm in Holualoa. Coffee pickers of all ages and experience are welcome.

KTA Super Stores Recipe Contest.

Got a favorite recipe? Hurry up and enter in the professional, amateur, culinary student. And keiki divisions for great cash prizes and bragging rights. Kona Coffee Art Show and Competition Art must be on the theme of coffee. Either by subject matter or medium. Entry form and pictures of your creation will be due on Oct. 31. There may be three items entered for judging per artist. Entry fee is $5 for each item.

Pieces shown in past year’s shows or other non-entries may be shown on a space available basis.

Kona Coffee Cupping Classic Competition

Only growers of 100% Kona coffee may enter their coffee in the Classic competition. Submitted coffee must be seven (7) pounds of 100% Kona green beans. Crown competition is reserved for the larger farms and professional processing mills. Only growers or process of 100% Kona coffee may enter coffee in the Crown competition. Submitted coffee must be 1000 pounds of 100% Kona green beans.

Entry deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 31. For more details see the official rules and contact cupping@KonaCoffeeCouncil.com.

Lei Contest

This popular event is part of the Kona Coffee Marketplace–Festival of Artists and Ethnic Foods at Makaeo County pavilion Saturday; Nov. 10. There will be two categories Wili and Kui and cash prizes for 1-3 places. Entries must be submitted by 10am Saturday, Nov. 12 at Makaeo County pavilion.

The award-winning Kona Coffee Cultural Festival is recognized as the oldest and one of the most successful food festivals in Hawaii.

The 2012 Festival, Nov. 2-11, includes 10 days of events that promote Hawaii’s unique culture

And diversity and supports the Festival’s mission to preserve, perpetuate and promote Kona’s unique coffee heritage. The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival is supported as a ‘Major Festival’ by Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA). And is made possible through the support of UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd., Kamehameha Schools, Alaska Airlines; Kamehameha Investment Corporation and KTA Super Stores.

The festival is further supported by Kawakami Family of Captain Cook Fund at the Hawaii Community Foundation; Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union, West Hawaii Today. And numerous other corporate and community donors.

US 2/ – Biggby Coffee earns spot on Top Franchise Lists

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EAST LANSING, MI –  East Lansing-based Biggby Coffee has been included on not one, but two, top franchise lists this month! For the second consecutive year. The company earned a spot on Franchise Business Review’s Top 40 Food Franchises Report. And also claimed the 348 spot on Franchise Times Magazine’s Top 500 Franchise Brands.

Franchise Business Review’s annual report is based on overall franchisee satisfaction and is compiled from surveying 4,000 different franchisees in the food sector. Representing 84 brands and more than 22,000 franchised businesses.

Biggby Coffee: how does it work?

Their findings are based on a series of questions in which franchisees rank their franchise system in the areas of financial opportunity, training and support; leadership, operations and development; core values, franchisee community, and more.

On a much larger scale, Franchise Times compiled their list by comparing worldwide sales figures from various types of franchise chains of all sizes including, hotels; cleaning services, automotive; health and fitness, medical and more. Biggby was included on the list for the first time in company history and was among only four other coffee concepts to make the list.

Michael McFall, Biggby Coffee ® company president, said

“Being a part of both reports is an honor and really shows the great things that are happening for our franchisees and the company as a whole” . “Along with sales figures, one of the key signs of success for a franchised business is having happy franchisees. Being ranked on both lists demonstrates that we have both of those bases covered.”

Franchise Business Review’s report also included information on investment statistics and an overall market analysis of the food sector today. When compared with the other concepts on the list, the approximate total investment for a Biggby franchise is more than $160,000 less than the medium investment of the other top 40 brands.

“Over the past few years my vision has been giving our franchisees the opportunity to make the highest possible return on their investment in the quickest amount of time,” McFall said. “We have made great strides in this, which has had an all-around positive impact on our both our franchisee’s and company-wide success.”

Middle East: Singapore’s leading coffee brand, to expand its presence in UAE

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MILAN – Mainboard listed Food Empire Holdings, Singapore based food and beverage group, announced that the company will expand its presence in the UAE.

‘Klassno’, one of Food Empire’s leading coffee brands, is currently available across all the major hypermarkets and supermarkets in UAE.

 The products will also be available in over 500 hypermarkets across GCC region. As per published reports, UAE has been the fastest growing market by volume for coffee in the world with coffee volume sales expected to register an 80% growth from 2009-2014.

In the Middle East, Klassno brand includes instant cappuccinos which are available in 5 distinct flavours – ‘Irish Cream’, ‘Mocha’, ‘Gold’, ‘Latte’ and ‘Traditional’. Other products under Klassno include 3-in-1 coffee mix, 2-in-1 coffee mix (without sugar), hot chocolate mix, non dairy creamer in addition to instant coffee in jars – Rich Arabica (agglomerated coffee) and Gold (freeze dried) coffee. The company acquires coffee beans from across the globe to create the perfect blend.

Food Empire is a global leading food company that manufactures and markets instant beverage products, frozen convenience food, confectionery and snack food. Food Empire’s products are exported to over 60 countries. In markets such as Russia; Ukraine; Middle East; Kazakhstan; Central Asia; China; Mongolia and the United States.

Since its public listing in 2000, Food Empire has won numerous accolades and awards including being ranked as one of ‘The Most Valuable Singapore Brands’ by International Enterprise Singapore, the lead agency driving Singapore’s external economy.

Peru: fall in exports expected in 2012

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MILAN – Coffee exports from Peru may drop ad much as 37 in 2012 to just $1 billion. On weaker global demand and declining prices; Agriculture Minister Milton von Hesse has said in an interview.

Peru’s coffee harvest is expected to shrink by a quarter from last year’s bumper crop.

Old, low-yielding coffee plantations and a lack of technical know-how are hurting production declared the Minister.

PERU 2/ – Joint cooperation between Fairtrade International Lidl and Twin Trading is helping farmers respond to the challenge of climate change

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MILAN – Climate change poses a big risk for small farmers around the world, in Peru too: climate variability and extreme weather events undermine farmers’ ability to plan yields and contribute to the vulnerability of already marginalized populations.

 This is particularly the case for coffee, whose production is seriously affected by lower rainfalls and higher temperatures.

Fairtrade is developing a programme to enable farmers to adapt to climate change. As part of this we’re pleased to work on a joint climate adaptation project with the supermarket chain Lidl and TWIN trading company in Peru.

The project focuses on training farmers to deal with the changing climate. Representatives of the cooperative, known as “promodores” will be selected with the help of the organization TWIN, and will evaluate climate change risks.

Adaptation techniques will also be identified for producers to better address climate change challenges. The “promodores” will then pass on this new knowledge to other members of the cooperative. Fairtrade will monitor the results, with the hope of then also carrying out similar projects at other cooperatives.

The project is being carried out at Agroindustrial Sonomoro Coffee Cooperative in Junin, Peru. The area is well-known for its coffee: 28 percent of the Peruvian beans come from there.

These beans are also used in the Fairtrade coffee sold at Lidl supermarkets in Germany during Fairtrade week from 17 to 22 September. For each pack of this coffee sold, Lidl will donate 1 euro to the project.

Lidl started selling Fairtrade products under its own “Fairglobe” brand in 2006. Last year Lidl invested 50,000 euros in a project to increase productivity and quality of a coffee cooperative in Peru.

The “Fairglobe” Fairtrade product range includes coffee, sugar, biscuits, chocolate, tea, juice, wine, rice, bananas, and cut flowers.

Source: Fairtrade International

From the web: colombian coffee exports face challenging future

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BOGOTA – Colombia is facing an uncertain future with its coffee exports, with production that is barely starting to overcome its crisis, National Coffee Export Association President Carlos Rojas asserted.

In statements to El Expectador daily newspaper, he said the situation is complicated in the foreign market, especially due to non-availability for foreign demand.

Years ago, we had a 12-million-sack average production. Now, we’re hoping simply to reach eight million, after a drop in the harvest, he said.

If it is not profitable for the producers, we will not be able to meet international market demand.

Rojas also referred to price volatility, related to revaluation of the Colombian national currency.

Although prices are above the average over the last decade ($1.65 US per pound in the market) “the worst headache is still currency appreciation,” he said.

In this respect, one of the experts on the issue, Daniel Niño, said that at the end of the current year there are few prospects for greater revaluation, adding that after registering recent coffee prices (over $2.00 US a pound) the backward movement is clear.

The International Coffee Organization asserted in a recent report that although Colombian coffee production is recovering, “returning to production levels of the beginning of this millenium will take time.”

Source: Prensa Latina

Read more: http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=663941&Itemid=1

Philippines: domestic consumption reaches 100,000 tons

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MILAN – Coffee consumption in the Philippines has reached upwards of 100,000 metric tons green bean equivalent, up from just about 75,000 tons two years ago, according to the Philippine Coffee Board Inc. (PCBI).

The group attributed this to instant coffee and related mixes; becoming staple drinks of an “increasingly 24/7 workforce.”

“We project an increase in roast and ground coffee, too. Of about 5 percent annually,” or about 5,000 tons, said PCBI chairperson Nicholas Matti in a statement.

The Philippines imports about 75000 metric tons from Vietnam and Indonesia annually to address the gap between production and demand.

Coffee is a P40 billion industry employing about 70,000 farmers in 22 provinces.

US: Caribou Coffee announces third quarter 2012 earnings call

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MINNEAPOLIS – Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (CBOU), the second largest company-owned premium coffeehouse operator in the United States based on the number of coffeehouses, announced today that it will release financial results for its third quarter 2012 after the market close on Thursday, November 8, 2012. Management will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time the same day as the earnings release.

Listeners may access the call by dialing 888-505-4375 or 719-325-2454 for international callers. A replay of the call will be available until Thursday, November 15, 2012, by dialing 877-870-5176 or 858-384-5517 for international callers; the password is 6466229.

The conference call will also be webcast and can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of Caribou Coffee web site at www.cariboucoffee.com .

US 2/ – JAB Completes Acquisition of Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc.

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MERYVILLE, Calif. — Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. () and Joh. A. Benckiser yesterday announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Peet’s by JAB. For $73.50 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $1 billion.

The transaction was approved by Peet’s shareholders at a special meeting of shareholders held on October 26, 2012. As a result of the completion of the merger, Peet’s common stock will cease trading on The NASDAQ Stock Market. Before the opening of the market on October 30, 2012.

In addition to JAB, BDT Capital Partners, LLC, a Chicago-based merchant bank that provides long-term private capital solutions to closely held companies, is a minority investor in this transaction.

Citigroup served as financial advisor to Peet’s, and Cooley LLP served as legal advisor. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BDT & Company, LLC, an affiliate of BDT Capital Partners, served as financial advisors to JAB, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP served as legal advisor.

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