December 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Japanese-style coffee shops, also known as a kissaten, become less popular as the craving for western-style espresso drinks and steamed milk heat up

Little Nap Coffee Stand by Yoyogi Park in Tokyo

Little Nap Coffee Stand by Yoyogi Park in Tokyo. Photo courtesy of New York Times.

Kissatens, which have been been around since 1888, is a the traditional way that Japan enjoys coffee but with the introduction of westerns-tyle coffee shops, the kissaten might be losing some traction with the newer generation of coffee drinkers.
The New York Times notes that “…A kissaten is more about the experience than what’s in the cup” and also highlights a couple of places to check out western-style and Japanese-style coffee

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/19/kissaten_vs_westernstyleespressoinjapan/

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December 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment

14% of retailers and restaurateurs are currently using in-store mobile applications and 50% of retailers who currently do not, will implement in-store mobile applications in 2012

From an operational standpoint to customer engagement, retailers and restaurateurs are finding that going mobile will enhance the overall in-store/dining experience.
BusinessWire highlights the statistics report documented by AisleBuyer LLC

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/16/instore_mobile_application_usagegoesup/

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December 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Florida strawberries are off to a great start this season

Dover-based Florida Strawberry Growers Association reports that the milder growing conditions this year compared to last year in December and January has produced berry sizes from medium to large with expectations for increasing volume.
Farmers will soon reach out to local and regional chefs to showcase the state’s berries

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/14/floridastrawberrygoodseason_2012/

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December 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Welcome to the future of sipping coffee without the plastic lid

Compleat

Photo of Compleat, A new innovative hot beverage cup. Photo by Fast Company

Compleat is a new all-paper cup designed for sipping on hot beverages such as coffee and tea that eliminates the need for plastic lids which is not a eco-friendly.
What are your thoughts on this new invention?

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/14/compleat_newinnovationincoffee/

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December 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Meet “Generation Organic”: The Young American Farmer
of Today

Generation Organic Young Farmer

Photo of Farmer Josie Johnson from Maryland. Photo by Maggie Starbard, NPR


250 young adults nationwide gathered at a recent event in Tarrytown, NY at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture to learn more farming techniques to purchasing land. Some of these young adults already own a farm.
Generation Organic seeks to find new ways to grow produce locally without the use of chemicals

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/13/generationorganic_youngamericanfarmers/

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Coffee gets popular in Korea

A report from Nielsen shows that coffee imports grew by 27 percent from 2008 to 2011 with retailers jumping from just 6,000 coffee shops to 9,400– up by 51%.
Ready To Drink coffee sales has also increased along with many small local coffee shops with
more selections

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/12/koreans_getinto_coffee/

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December 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Corn production remains low contributing to high food prices

The U.S. Department of Agriculture isn’t expecting a high surplus in corn crops for next year– the surplus increase will be up less than 1 percent from what was predicted last month.
Higher corn prices will reflect on the pricing of everything from soft drinks to cereal and food

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/12/cornsurpluslow2012/

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December 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment

2012 rings in a “Bull Market” for U.S. dairy exports

Jerry Dryer, a market analyst and President of J/D/G Consulting, highlights that U.S. dairy exports has seen record export levels this year ranging from 13 to 14 percent.
Dryer notes that one of the reasons is due to a rapidly growing world population

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/08/usdairyexport_bullmarket2012/

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December 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Fine dining restaurants see increasing growth in traffic while casual dining restaurants see little to none

Research conducted by NPD Group shows a direct correlation between the unemployment rate and the traffic levels in fast casual places such as Denny’s and Marie Callender’s.
Grub Street San Francisco reports…

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/08/finedining_increasetraffic/

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December 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Thinking outside of the chocolate box

Godiva’s new marketing plan opens up their demographics outside of the chocolate retail shop– they are thinking of getting into coffee bars and department stores.
The American population buying chocolate increased by 5% in 2010. Godiva wants to break out of their traditional retail market and provide more access to their product at every touchpoint

https://paigepapers.com/2011/12/01/godivasnewmarketingplan/

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