https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/cafe/by-region/midwest/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:44:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 23960308 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/30/fairgrounds-worlds-fair-is-fueling-a-metroburb-in-chicagoland/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/30/fairgrounds-worlds-fair-is-fueling-a-metroburb-in-chicagoland/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:44:23 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171363 In a sure sign that we are living in the future and that all that was old is new again, Chicagoland’s first “metroburb” is now open, with regional chain Fairgrounds...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/30/fairgrounds-worlds-fair-is-fueling-a-metroburb-in-chicagoland/feed/ 0 171363 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/15/pinky-promise-coffee-comes-through-with-new-door-county-wi-cafe/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/15/pinky-promise-coffee-comes-through-with-new-door-county-wi-cafe/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:52:20 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171023 True to its word, Pinky Promise Coffee has expanded in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, with a retail coffee shop now up and running at the front of its roasting facility. The...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/15/pinky-promise-coffee-comes-through-with-new-door-county-wi-cafe/feed/ 0 171023 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/14/fairwave-acquires-milwaukees-anydone-coffee-roasting-co/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/14/fairwave-acquires-milwaukees-anydone-coffee-roasting-co/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:13:55 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171243 [Note: This story has been updated to fix a typo in the headline.] Building upon a wave of acquisitions, Kansas City, Missouri-based FairWave Holdings has acquired longtime Milwaukee roaster and...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/14/fairwave-acquires-milwaukees-anydone-coffee-roasting-co/feed/ 0 171243 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/colectivo-coffee-workers-approve-first-union-contract/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/colectivo-coffee-workers-approve-first-union-contract/#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:16:50 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171088 Approximately 95% of the unionized workers at Milwaukee-based specialty coffee chain Colectivo Coffee voted in favor of their first union contract this week, according to local union organizers. The agreement...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/colectivo-coffee-workers-approve-first-union-contract/feed/ 0 171088 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/23/lavazza-opens-training-center-in-downtown-chicago/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/23/lavazza-opens-training-center-in-downtown-chicago/#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 15:48:13 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170621 Italian coffee giant Lavazza last week opened a training center on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago. Inside the 444 North Michigan Ave office building, home to James Beard Award-winning...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/23/lavazza-opens-training-center-in-downtown-chicago/feed/ 0 170621 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/17/in-st-louis-blueprint-coffee-addresses-the-us-gun-violence-epidemic/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/17/in-st-louis-blueprint-coffee-addresses-the-us-gun-violence-epidemic/#comments Wed, 17 May 2023 18:47:58 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170452 Blueprint Coffee was entering its second year of business in St. Louis, Missouri, when unarmed teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, just a...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/17/in-st-louis-blueprint-coffee-addresses-the-us-gun-violence-epidemic/feed/ 11 170452 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/16/quality-is-current-at-contemporoast-in-southwest-ohio/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/16/quality-is-current-at-contemporoast-in-southwest-ohio/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 14:28:18 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170105 The specialty coffee scene in the the Centerville, Ohio, has been brought right up to date by ContempoRoast Coffee & Roastery, whose in-house roasting operation just went live. The family-run...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/16/quality-is-current-at-contemporoast-in-southwest-ohio/feed/ 0 170105 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/11/quarrelsome-coffee-has-no-qualms-about-experimentation-in-st-louis/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/11/quarrelsome-coffee-has-no-qualms-about-experimentation-in-st-louis/#respond Thu, 11 May 2023 14:17:51 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=169738 The owners of St. Louis, Missouri-based custom beer yeast provider Omega Yeast have inoculated the local coffee scene with a lively new roasting operation and cafe called Quarrelsome Coffee. Quarrelsome...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/11/quarrelsome-coffee-has-no-qualms-about-experimentation-in-st-louis/feed/ 0 169738 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/03/minnesota-based-folly-and-philtera-join-fairwave-coffee-group/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/03/minnesota-based-folly-and-philtera-join-fairwave-coffee-group/#respond Wed, 03 May 2023 16:02:21 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170081 Kansas City, Missouri-based FairWave Holdings has made undisclosed investments in two Minnesota-born coffee companies, Folly Coffee and Philtera Cold Brewed Coffees. FairWave, which launched in 2020 with ownership stakes in Kansas...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/03/minnesota-based-folly-and-philtera-join-fairwave-coffee-group/feed/ 0 170081 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/03/a-new-day-dawns-for-solstice-roasters-in-cleveland/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/03/a-new-day-dawns-for-solstice-roasters-in-cleveland/#respond Wed, 03 May 2023 14:10:41 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170034 Solstice Roasters, a Cleveland roasting company that has operated for three decades behind the scenes in the business-to-business realm, has stepped fully into the light of day. The company recently...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/03/a-new-day-dawns-for-solstice-roasters-in-cleveland/feed/ 0 170034