Archive for January, 2007

Coffee Cup - Chinese blogger’s crusade has Starbucks feeling heat

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Chicago Tribune - It has even spawned imitators, with new chains such as SPR Coffee emerging with conspicuously similar green signs and lettering. Amid all that activity, the tiny Starbucks store inside Beijing’s majestic 600-year-old palace complex next to Tiananmen
In Seattle’s coffee wars, some like it hot Chicago Sun-Times - The naughty [...]

Coffee Cup - Oshawa to host Stephen Colbert Day after losing hockey bet

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

CBC News - Despite Oshawa being the butt of Colbert’s jokes, Gray remained good natured during the interview, telling the comedian that a downtown Oshawa coffee show owner was “threatening to name a coffee after” Colbert. “Whatever the blend is, he promises the
First Ze Take Hollywood . New York [...]

Coffee Cup - September 2006

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Cape Cod Today - This joint effort by Jack Coleman and Spyro Mitrokostas (shown accepting two awards including this one last evening) was judged the “BLOG MOST LIKELY TO RUIN A CITY EDITOR S MORNING COFFEE.” * Kookiest Blog: East of Boston . Monponsett’s was judged as
The restaurant year that [...]

Coffee Cup - Share your wish list

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Port Huron Times-Herald - wipes; paper towels; hand sanitizer; antibacterial hand soap; household cleaners (especially disinfectant wipes and sprays); new underwear, socks and bras; laundry detergent; feminine hygiene products; unopened food items (especially coffee, creamer
American Idol Golf For Women - Paula Cream -er, like coffee creamer. On the first [...]

Coffee Cup - Visionaries or dreamers?

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

High County News - when vast unbroken forests and flowing plains again thrive and support pre-Columbian populations of plants and animals; when Wildlands Project is a story of two paths - activism and science - that met over pancakes, eggs, and a whole lot of coffee
The Devil & the Deep [...]

Coffee Cup - Resolve to be financially fit 

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Getting fit in 2007 shouldn’t just mean cut the fat and hit the treadmill. It should also mean curb excessive spending and get serious about retirement saving. Planning for a comfortable retirement should be a priority for every adult, said Michael Cox, a certified fund specialist and certified retirement financial adviser with Retirement Protection Group [...]

Coffee Cup - Vandals hit coffee shop 

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

AN outlet of American coffee chain Starbucks has been hit by vandals in an early-morning attack.

Coffee Cup - Allstate will drop 106,000 customers 

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Allstate Floridian Insurance Co. will jettison as many as 106,000 home and condominium customers statewide, the company said Thursday. Those customers will be offered coverage through Royal Palm Insurance Co., though not at the rates they paid to Allstate Floridian. The cuts will start in the spring, starting with customers whose policies renew in mid-April, [...]

Coffee Cup - ‘Tis the Season to Enjoy a Second Cup of Coffee and Win a Bobby Flay

Monday, January 29th, 2007

PR Newswire - Folgers Simply Smooth, the Stomach-Friendly Coffee from America’s #1 Selling Brand, Teams Up with Celebrity Chef to Provide Delicious Holiday Brunch Recipe Ideas CINCINNATI, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Ever feel like you’re the stuffed turkey after a
Resolve to be financially fit: Make retirement savings a priority TMCnet [...]

Coffee Cup - Hordes line up in cold for heaping helpings of free grub at Cowboy

Monday, January 29th, 2007

San Antonio Express News - Local radio stations blasted tunes from vans decked out with speakers and Folgers dispensed free coffee. Other businesses set up tents or relentlessly hawked fliers and coupons. Even Ronald McDonald turned out to sign paper
Illegal Sumatran Coffee Growers Squeeze Out Tigers, Rhinos Environment News Service - Folgers, [...]