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Brazil Cup of Excellence
Revels in Quality

Alliance for Coffee Excellence is excited to
announce 30 Cup of Excellence winning coffees and 3 1 PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY, sees promise in 4 Nestlé, the owner of Nespresso and Nescafé Dolce
potential National Winner coffees from this year’s energy drinks. The company in March entered Gusto, and Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) UK –
competition, which is the final competition of 2020 after into an agreement to acquire Rockstar Energy which makes Tassimo – are next year launching
Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Beverages for $3.85 billion. Then in April, PepsiCo the first system to make it easier and more convenient for
Colombia, and Peru. These winning coffees represent the entered into an agreement with Vital Pharmaceuticals, consumers to recycle pods in a number of different ways,
best of Brazil in quality, variety, complexity and Inc. to distribute the Bang Energy drink portfolio in in the face of a backlash against single-serve capsules, many
innovation. The two top scoring coffees come from first- the United States. of which end up in landfill.
time participants to the competition, reinforcing COE’s
mission to discover new quality producers. Luiz Ricardo
Bozzi Pimenta De Sousa’s pulped natural Catucaí 785 won
first place and the competition’s only Presidential Award
with a score of 90.03. The 30 winning COE coffees will
Danone Transforming its be auctioned online on December 10th with opening 2 Drinks maker Diageo is keen to buy further 5 The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) and
prices starting at $4.00/lb.
Approach to Innovation premium brands after acquiring spirits firms Coffee Science Foundation (CSF) have
announced a two-year partnership with
in the U.S. and U.K. in recent months. The
and Operations acquisition strategy is driven by people drinking Hawaii-based coffee packaging, design and printing
“better, not more.” company Savor Brands to study packaging’s effects on
specialty coffee perception.
Danone SA is undergoing significant changes.
Management has shifted the company’s focus from
global to local, committed to reducing costs by $1.9
billion by 2023 and is in the process of redesigning its
ap p r oa c h t o p r ocur em en t, inn ov a ti o n an d
manufacturing. The company has committed to McDonald’s will test a meat-free burger in Bialetti Group said it had made a €15.3m loss in
delivering €300 million ($356 million) in annual 3 based menu offerings, which it has coined 6 the year to the end of June and had been hit by a
several markets next year as it adds plant-
efficiencies through 2023. It will achieve its goal drop in domestic and foreign consumption, due
through stock-keeping unit (SKU) rationalization, “McPlant.” International President Ian Borden said that growing popularity of coffee capsule brands. The company
re m ov i n g c o s t s f ro m p ro d u c t deve lo p m e n t , McPlant was created “by McDonald’s and for behind the original moka model — introduced by Alfonso Bialetti
transforming its manufacturing and supply network, McDonald’s.” Borden said that the McPlant line could in 1933 — announced measures on Friday to tackle a €68 million
and embracing data-enabled procurement. also include chicken substitutes. debt amid “significant doubts” about its “business continuity”.

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