USA – McDonald’s USA has announced that 100% of the ground and whole bean coffee for US restaurants is sustainably sourced, achieving the goal a year ahead of the 2020 schedule. McDonald’s said that the […]
CHINA – Dutch agricultural commodity trader, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has a launched its new coffee brand ‘iCoffee’ and a new packaged cooking oil brand ‘Mastergold’ in China. LDC’s new packaged oil brand, Mastergold, provides […]
AFRICA – The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) in partnership with the Centre for Agriculture & Biosciences International (CABI) and the International Coffee Organization (ICO) have launched the Africa Coffee Facility’ (ACF) worth US$950 million […]
KENYA – Puration Company (PURA), an American beverage has signed a deal with a Kenyan based coffee producer to supply ground berries for making CBD infused lattes for the US and European markets. In its […]
GHANA – The Seed Production Division of COCOBOD Ghana, in partnership with the Dormaa Central Municipal Assembly of Bono, east region of Ghana has distributed 123,360 coffee seedlings to 226 farmers in the Municipality at […]
USA – McDonald’s USA has entered into long-term master licensing and distribution agreement with Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) for McCafé packaged coffee in the US. Under the new partnership, which brings together the national McCafé […]
USA – Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) will be investing about US$220 million to build a new production and warehouse facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania. KDP, formed with the 2018 merger of Keurig Green Mountain and Dr. […]
KENYA – Kenya coffee earnings in the 11 months to August 2019 declined to sh11bn (US$106M) representing a Sh3bn (US$28.9M) decline from from Sh14 billion (US$134.9M) that was realized in the same period last year, […]
ETHIOPIA – The European Union (EU) has issued funding worth €15 million (US$16.5m) to the Ethiopian government to support the country’s coffee sector under the EU-Coffee Action for Ethiopia. Coffee is one of the most […]
AUSTRALIA – Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has reorganised its alcohol and coffee portfolios into the larger Australian beverages segment as it continues a wider restructure. The company has announced that its alcohol and coffee division, one […]
