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

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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. JAB hired bankers to attract new investors as it considers an IPO for the coffee and food to-go chain. The BoP auction will take place on 6 August.

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

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. “By helping KFC team members build up an emergency savings fund, we’re helping them improve their overall well-being and build resilience to face future financial challenges,” said Emma Horn, Managing Director of the KFC Foundation. For more on SaverLife, visit saverlife.org/. Church's Moves to Hybrid Model.

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David Chang’s Memoir Fails to Account for the Trauma He Caused Me

EATER

The book, co-written with food writer (and Eater contributor) Gabe Ulla, focuses on Chang’s years building Momofuku, 2004 to roughly 2017, although it briefly explores his formative years, from his “certifiably average” childhood in Virginia to his time in culinary school and as an inexperienced young cook at NYC institutions Craft and Café Boulud.

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A Guide to Yelp for Restaurant Owners

Indoor Media

History of Yelp Yelp was founded in 2004 by two former PayPal employees. You want to have your key business information as up-to-date as possible to manage customer expectations. Hire a freelance designer to help you create an ad, think of some special deals to highlight within the ad to entice customers, and see what happens!

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Stone Barns Claims It’s Fixing Agriculture. Former Employees Say the Farm Was Plagued by Dysfunction.

EATER

Former apprentices and employees say they faced working conditions they considered unsafe, while numerous former livestock employees describe what they view as unnecessary animal suffering within Stone Barns’ holistic land management system. The farm is run by Jack Algiere, who was hired as the center’s first employee in 2003.

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Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

EATER

On the morning of February 7, 2020, office employees at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture filed one by one into meetings with management. By April 2020, she would be gone, and Stone Barns staffers would be reporting directly to the owners and top management at Blue Hill. Some came out crying. The vision of 2.0

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40 Iconic Restaurants That No Longer Exist

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Founder John Jay Hooker set up a copy cat model of the restaurant and hired popular comedic actress, Minnie Pearl, as the spokesperson. 2004: Chi-Chi's ​ Before Chipotle and Taco Bell, there was Chi-Chi's. Founded in 1948 in Michigan, the homestyle eatery had more than 60 locations across the states before it closed down in 2002.