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Rethinking the Future of Dining Through Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

At the heart of these restaurants is their commitment to sustainability, with top chefs championing locally-produced sustainable ingredients to create their award-winning dishes and working with smallholder farmers and suppliers. How do we move forward from this? The answer lies in technology. Food is a business of making people happy.

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Coffee News Recap, 7 Oct: Severe weather forecast across several of Brazil’s coffee-growing regions, Nestlé commits US $1 billion to sustainable coffee production & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

As part of the initiative, local artists in three US cities – Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Portland, OR – designed street art murals to raise awareness of sustainability issues in the coffee supply chain. Nestlé commits US $1 billion to support sustainable coffee farming. Nestlé is aiming to sustainably source 100% of its coffee by 2025.

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Coffee News Recap, 2 Sep: Ethiopian government reports US $1.4 billion earnings from 2021/22 coffee exports, volumes of sustainably-sourced green coffee increased by 29% in 2021 & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The event includes seminars and workshops, as well as the Latte Art World Championship and the US Cold Brew Championship. ofi secures US $1.975 billion sustainability-linked loan. Global Coffee Platform’s 2021 Snapshot report shows 55% of green coffee purchased by eight coffee multinationals meets some sustainability standards.

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Coffee News Recap, 3 Feb: “Huge differences” in caffeine content across major UK coffee chains, combining milk and coffee may have anti-inflammatory effects & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The two-day event will include lectures, seminars, sensory experiences, and networking opportunities. The campus is set to host its new Engaging Talks series, which starts with The new role of the company in the territory: how to build a successful, sustainable, innovative company. Here are this week’s stories.

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Coffee News Recap, 5 May: WAC confirms more national competition hosts, Vietnamese robusta production set to fall to four-year low & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Mon, 1 May Westrock Coffee publishes 2022 Sustainability Progress Report. The report highlights the company’s key environmental and social sustainability activities from last year, including increasing global purchases of certified and verified responsibly-sourced coffee by 9% – amounting to an increase of over 19.5 million lbs.

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How can we improve access to finance for smallholder coffee farmers?

Perfect Daily Grind

Without access to finance, many coffee farmers struggle to invest in their farms – their businesses – and few can manage their farms enough to make them profitable. Larissa Céron works at Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) Sustainable Business Unit in Hamburg. Rachel Nakasiita is Farmer Service Unit (FSU) Manager for NKG Bloom Uganda.

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Coffee News Recap, 22 Jul: Brazil arabica prices highest since 1997, Colombian coffee production down 10% in June & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The Swiss coffee trader joined the alliance as part of its new sustainability strategy to reduce its environmental impact in 15 origin countries. The CFA created the online Cool Farm Tool to calculate greenhouse gas emissions, waste water levels, and biodiversity management practices on coffee farms. Thu, 21 Jul.

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