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Emerging Brands

Zaza Cuban Comfort Food goes for an all-day-diner vibe, but with great coffee

 By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 11, 2025

This fast-casual concept has brought in a former Yum Brands executive to set the 10-unit chain up for growth outside Central Florida.

Emerging Brands

Gregorys Coffee is the latest concept to join Craveworthy Brands' franchise portfolio

 By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 07, 2025

The partnership is designed to grow the New York-based artisanal coffee chain across the country through franchising, which is scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter.

Financing

Philz Coffee is sold to a private-equity firm

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 05, 2025

The Oakland-based specialty coffee brand is being sold to Freeman Spogli as it looks to push into new markets. But the brand has lost value in recent years.

Financing

Another change at Starbucks: The end of the seatless coffee shop

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 30, 2025

The coffee chain is sunsetting its pickup-only concept as it reassesses its store portfolio. Some of the locations will be closed. Others will be converted into traditional coffeehouses.

Financing

Starbucks' sales are still sluggish, but there are signs of a turnaround

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 29, 2025

The coffee shop giant’s same-store sales declined 2% last quarter, extending its worst sales slide in 15 years. But occasional customers are returning. And the company is promising a “wave of innovation.”

Financing

At Starbucks, cold foam is a big bright spot

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 29, 2025

Cold foam sales grew 23% in the third quarter at the Seattle-based coffee shop giant. The product, introduced just more than a decade ago, has become one of the chain’s most in-demand add-ins.

Beverage

Starbucks sets the 2025 release date for Pumpkin Spice Latte this summer

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 21, 2025

Usually secretive about the debut of its iconic fall beverage, this year the coffee giant announced the date of Aug. 26 in July, more than a month ahead of the launch.

Financing

Starbucks China could reportedly be worth up to $10B

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 09, 2025

The coffee giant is looking for a strategic partner in the high-growth market and is attracting plenty of interest from private-equity firms, according to CNBC. But the company wants to keep a stake.

Operations

Starbucks wants its customers to stay awhile

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 02, 2025

Inside the company’s newest redesign in Bridgehampton, New York. Starbucks plans to redesign up to 1,000 locations with the intent of making its coffee shops friendlier for in-store customers.

Financing

Luckin Coffee opens its first U.S. shops

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 30, 2025

The fast-growing Chinese coffee chain opened its first two locations in New York on Monday, adding an aggressive new competitor to what is already an intensifying beverage business.

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