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Coffee and business.
Carlos on coffee, hospitality and the business of running venues. Straight opinions, no press-release gloss. These are Carlos's personal opinions, not the official line of King Carlos Coffee.
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Iced coffee in July, the customers changed, and the smart cafes noticed
Cold coffee is not a summer novelty anymore. It quietly became a year-round format.
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Whinge if you like, but we still pay less than almost everyone
Before the next price grumble, a quick look at what the rest of the world pays for the same cup.
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What your wholesaler actually owes you
If your coffee supplier disappears when the machine goes down, you have a delivery service, not a supplier.
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"Award-winning" the two most meaningless words in coffee
Anyone can print it on a bag. Almost nobody tells you who did the judging.
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Some good news for once: the price shocks are probably over
After years of bad news, the forecasters are quietly optimistic. Here is the honest version.
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The $5 coffee was never really sustainable
The argument was never $5 versus $6. It was a sustainable cup versus no cup at all.
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One in eleven cafes gone. Here is what actually killed them
A record share of Australian food businesses shut this year. The reason is not what the comments think.
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