Starbucks employees from three stores in Buffalo, New York filed petitions with the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) at the start of the week, requesting for a vote on union representation. The organising committee sent an open letter to CEO Kevin Johnson seeking reassurances that employees who favour union membership won’t face reprisals. If successful, […]
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The high street bakery Greggs has been a big hit with consumers in the UK for the past decade. Their colourful stores, irresistible pastries, and affordable prices won them a lot of fans. Recently, the company announced a sustainability plan encompassing all aspects of its business, including how it sources ingredients such as cocoa. Greggs
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The 2021 Axia ‘Best Managed Company’ award was taken by Probat, the coffee processing and machinery company. Deloitte’s announced the results alongside Credit Suisse, WirtschaftsWoche and the Federation of German Industries (BDI). The Axia award is given out each year to mid-sized companies in Germany, who together, form an important part of the German economy.
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Farmer Connect is solving a number of problems in the coffee, and cocoa supply chain. As the company name suggests the business enables consumers to learn about and connect with the farmers that produce the products. This connection produces value for both the consumer and the farmer. In this interview, Nick Baskett from Bartalks delves
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Charles Karangwa, restoration coordinator for the International Union for Conservation of Nature, works to rehabilitate forests that have been degraded throughout Africa. Deforestation has been a recurring problem around the globe but Karangwa is looking for new economic motivations for farmers to save these ecosystems. The ecosystems near Africa’s Great Lakes region bear similarities to
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In January, 2021 Olam issued a press release which recounted the work they were doing with the Rainforest Alliance in “La Frailescana” region of Chiapas in Mexico. Bartalks contacted Olam to understand more about how this sustainability framework works at a high level and how it fits in with the other initiatives at Olam.
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Cascara is the pulp and skin of the coffee cherry fruit typically regarded as an unusable by-product by the coffee industry but now its classed as a superfood.
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Maproloc Systems B.V. from The Netherlands launched a new unloading system for stripping containers, the CargoPicker. The machine has a number of innovative features that allow a single operator to rapidly unload high volumes in a short time. The company states the benefits as, significantly reducing manpower and physical labour. They also point to a
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LAVAZZA PROFESSIONAL RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF AMERICA’S SAFEST COMPANIES BY EHS TODAY MAGAZINE
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The La Marzocco Linea Mini is a quality machine with numerous small touches of class, and world-leading build quality, but it is missing some features of its higher-end brothers.
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