Monthly Archives: July 2017

Beyond the beans: coffee shops and the circular economy

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

Earlier this month I took part in the Circular Economy: Transitioning to Sustainability conference held at Coventry University, presenting some of my research around the coffee shop industry and the circular economy. The conference discussed a range of topics related … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Best of Jim Seven 

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

A while ago I wrote a blog post which listed some of the blogs about coffee that I read. One of these is jimseven, written by James Hoffman, co-founder of Square Mile Coffee Roasters, and author of the book, ‘The … Continue reading →

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From the Custard Factory: Birmingham Coffee Festival

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

The number of coffee shops in the UK has been on the rise for many years now, and with it there is growing consumer base who like to explore coffee – a good place to do this is one of … Continue reading →

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Merging historical culture with Starbucks in Japan

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

Back in April I wrote a blog post about how Starbucks was trying something new in Japan, ‘Neighborhood and Coffee’ stores which had less obvious Starbucks branding, and were more focused on becoming the local neighbourhood coffee shop. Now, again … Continue reading →

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Coffee shops and work: considering the ‘coffice economy’

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

Last week I gave a presentation at the Coventry University Faculty of Business and Law conference about cafés as important spaces of co-working (summarised in this blog post), and right on schedule a new piece of research has been produced … Continue reading →

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