As labour shortages drive up wages across the hospitality and retail sectors, Pret a Manger has raised pay for the second time in four months. Across its 8,500 locations, more than 6,900 of its 8,500 staff earn at least £10 an hour after the chain invested more than £9.2m in raising hourly wages. In September, …
PRET A MANGER RAISES PAY AGAIN. RE-EQUIPS SHOPS, BUT STILL FACES HEADWINDS Read More »
In the US last week, the company responded to a class-action lawsuit by offering to settle for $677,000. The lawsuit was brought by an employee of the company who claimed the popular chain required employees to use fingerprints to sign in to their shift for timekeeping. The suit was brought in an Illinois Court where …
PRET A MANGER SETTLES U.S. PRIVACY LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY FORMER EMPLOYEE Read More »
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) approved a second Starbucks union vote in Buffalo, New York. The workers at the store on Genesee Street, Cheektowaga, voted 15-9 favour the union. However, the NLRB dismissed some contested ballots when the union representing the workers, Workers United, argued that those employees were only temps at the Cheektowaga …
UNION MOMENTUM GATHERS AS STARBUCKS FACES SECOND VOTE IN NEW YORK Read More »
Oat milk is becoming one of the top choices for dairy alternatives, and many coffee chains have traditionally applied a surcharge for this alternative milk option. Nonetheless, oat prices have reached an all-time high, which may discourage the trend of offering more milk choices to coffee lovers. There has been an overwhelming demand for oat …
SHOPS MAY REGRET CANCELLING NON-DAIRY PREMIUMS AS OAT PRICES SOAR Read More »
SCK Company is now the new name of Starbucks Coffee Korea, after officially requesting the name change on December 28th last year. This name change came after Starbucks Coffee International sold the rest of its shares in the Korean branch. In July 2021, Emart bought 17.5% of Starbucks Coffee International’s 50% stake in the Korean …
While Starbucks may have lost their recent battle over unionization in Buffalo New York, that isn’t putting off owners of Pittsburgh coffee chain, The Coffee Tree Roasters who are engaged in a familiar sounding battle with their employees. In managing their side of the campaign, the Pittsburgh-based company appears to be taking a page from …
ANOTHER UNION BATTLE – THIS TIME WITH COFFEE TREE ROASTERS! Read More »
A fake Starbucks recently opened up in the impoverished city of Caracas, Venezuela, and calls itself ‘We Proudly Serve’. The opening of the store has caused a commotion, partly because of the obvious fraud and partly because of the sale of expensive beverages in a recession-stricken country. Currently, there are no Starbucks outlets in the …
FAKE STARBUCKS IN VENEZUELA ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL, BUT SHORT LIFE Read More »
Indonesian coffee chain Kopi Kenangan raised $96 million during its Series C funding and announced plans to use the new investment for expansion domestically and internationally in Southeast Asia. Since its opening in 2017, Kopi Kenangan has become the second-largest coffee chain in Indonesia, after Janji Jawa, with over 600 outlets in 45 cities. The …
COMPANY BECOMES INDONESIA’S FIRST ‘COFFEE UNICORN’ AFTER LATEST INVESTMENT Read More »
The Chairman of the Tallinn Stock exchange blasts OA coffee, saying that admitting them into the exchange would damage the reputation of the institution as well as cause harm to investors. OA Coffee is a coffee roaster that opened its first shop in the spring of 2021. The business had presented plans to the Listing …
As a result of this partnership, Lavazza will be able to expand its online retail presence and reach the Indian home market. The company offers most of the popular retail coffee variants, including ground coffee, coffee beans, and coffee capsules. Coffee machines and coffee-related accessories will be sold to cater for the increasing range of …
LAVAZZA ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH TATA CLIQ LUXURY Read More »
Singapore-based coffee startup Flash Coffee opened up two new stores in South Korea. This marks the company’s sixth Asian Pacific market in its plans of rapid expansion. Both stores in South Korea are in the Gangnam district — one in Yeoksam and the other a flagship two-storey in Sinsa. South Korea is filled with coffee …
FLASH COFFEE LIVES UP TO NAME. EXPANDS ASIA BUSINESS RAPIDLY Read More »
A Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, became the first to be unionised last week in what may be a stinging rebuke to The Seattle Giants management, which had been waging an aggressive campaign to prevent it. In the end, 27 employees voted in favour and 19 against, and although the numbers are small, it …
STARBUCKS NEW YORK STORE PASSES VOTE TO UNIONISE Read More »
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