S&D Coffee and Teas is hosting a webinar on Young Coffee Drinkers (YCD) Wednesday, July 13th 2016, 2pm ET.
The seminar focuses on how Coffee-drinking millennials—consumers ages 18 to 34—represent untapped opportunities and have the potential to make coffee an integral part of their lifelong consumption patterns.
In order to reach these consumers, food retailers need to understand the distinct ways in which they perceive and talk about coffee.
YCDs, for example, grew up in a “Starbucks world” and are more savvy about coffee. Their expectations are higher. At the same time, they are concerned about how the coffee got here and how it was made. Sustainability is therefore a very important value.
The webinar intends to address these issues and others so that views gain a new way to think about the coffee industry and insight into updated sales strategies.
To learn more and register, click here.


Looking for an opportunity to help grow the urban farming movement, and score some tickets to a great event at the same time? If you contribute to Slow Food NYC’s urban harvest program this week, you’ll be entered to win two tickets to Brooklyn Uncorked – Edible magazine’s annual local wine fest, taking place May 26th.
With the return of Spring comes the return of outdoor markets, and April 2nd/3rd is the first weekend you can catch Smorgasburg and the Brooklyn Flea, now in Fort Greene, Dumbo, Williamsburg and Prospect Park. Smorgasburg, which began as a spin-off of the Brooklyn Flea and now includes 100+ local and regional food vendors, is open Saturdays in East River State Park at Kent Ave. and N. 7 St., and Sundays in Prospect Park at Breeze Hill (both days from 11 to 6). Brooklyn Flea itself has two additional locations. The markets will be open rain or shine, but fingers are crossed that April showers bring May flowers (and sunny days) soon.