Tea & Coffee 02/00 - World News (#)

  „AFC Enterprises Inc., which operates Seattle Coffee Co., last year reported sales of $1.8-billion (U.S.). Seattle Coffee, which owns Seattle's Best Coffee. It operates more than 100 retail shops under the Seattle's Best Coffee and Torrefazione Italia banners and has more than 5,000 global wholesale distribution points in hotels, restaurants and grocery chains. AFC also operates more than 3,300 restaurants in 25 countries, including Church's Chicken, Cinnabon and Popeye Chicken & Biscuits.“

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Global Exchange : Starbucks Absorbs Smaller Rival

  „Starbucks Corp., the world's largest chain of coffee shops, said Wednesday it would buy smaller rival Seattle Coffee Co. from AFC Enterprises Inc. for $72 million in cash.“

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It's All About Coffee

  „Seattle's Best Coffee LLC, the coffee-marketing subsidiary of AFC Enterprises Inc., said it has entered into a retail distribution agreement with Safeway Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed.“

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Tea & Coffee 01/00 - Coffee International

  „Acorto, Inc. has introduced the Acorto 1000i, a compact, completely self-contained super automatic espresso machine retailing for less than $10,000.“

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Basic milk foaming - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada

  „Hot milk splattering can cause burns! Illustrations C 1991 Nick Zurich, Espresso from Bean to Cup, Missing Link Press, Inc. Seattle, WA 98199 Copyrights © 2002 Text - Colin Newell @ Reg James - espressotec.com All rights reserved“

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CoffeeGeek - Starbucks Corporation completes acquisition of Seattle Coffee Company

  „July 14, 2003 (SEATTLE, WA) – Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Seattle Coffee Company from AFC Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFCE) announced on April 16, 2003. Seattle Coffee Company includes the Seattle's Best Coffee® (SBC) and Torrefazione Italia® Coffee (TI) brands.“

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