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Coffee News Recap, 13 Jun: Gesha scores 98 points at 2025 BoP, potential IPO for Pret A Manger & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The pioneering farm first broke records in 2004, when it sold one of its Geshas for US $21/lb, making it the world’s most expensive coffee at the time. Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the week. This set the precedent for future astonishing auction prices, which have since surpassed US $10,000/kg.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

Modern Restaurant Management

This program, piloted last year, is designed to help KFC team members build short-term savings and create lasting savings behaviors. When life presents unexpected expenses, such as urgent car or home repairs, an emergency fund can help keep families afloat, and prevent them from taking on debt or missing payments.

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A Mexico City Mayor Tried to Erase Street Food Art. The Community Is Fighting Back.

EATER

The program, launched last April by district mayor Sandra Cuevas, establishes operational guidelines to police the appearance of street vendors, including maintaining clean work spaces, staying within a designated area, avoiding litter, adopting a small urban green space to garden, and, critically, displaying the official logo of Cuauhtémoc.

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MRM Research Roundup: Catering, Kiosks, Tipping and Dry January

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature news about an influx of catering orders, the topic of tipping, the rise of kiosks and affordable Michelin restaurants. Among the highlights: On or Off Prem Same-store catering transactions increased +71 percent in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. Total tips averaged 18.9 Tips on Sundays averaged 18.73

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Who Will Save the Food Timeline?

EATER

Did you know that mozzarella sticks go as far back as the Middle Ages, but back then they called them “pipefarces”? The internet’s most comprehensive archive of food history — a passion project of one dedicated librarian — predates Wikipedia. Now, it needs a new custodian. Eleanor Scully and Terence Scully’s Early French Cookery.

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Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

EATER

At stake was how one of the most influential food and agricultural nonprofits in the country would use its formidable resources — more than $100 million in assets, the backing of the Rockefeller family, and an enormous public profile — to create a better food system. Some came out crying. Of an office team of 17, six were laid off.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

EATER

Schaible kept a notebook in his back pocket to write down everything he learned: how sheep-grazing patterns affect flavor, the proper way to butcher old dairy cattle. This story contains a detailed account of a sexual assault. Last year, I showed my partner the scenes I was in, and he was ecstatic, ‘Cool, my boyfriend’s on Netflix!’

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