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My company/organization:: Barracuda Coffee Company

Title on my business card:: Proprietor

But really, my title should be:: Coffee Geek

I'm an evangelist for:: Coffee

I heard about SWOM from:: Church of the Customer web site

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Socio-Global Awareness and Buzz

Because we are giving away free Fair Trade coffee today for World Fair Trade coffee break the local newspaper picked it up and featured our shop along with a nice picture http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/180318.html

Posted on May 10th, 2008 at 9:59am — No Comments (Add)

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At 8:25pm on June 23rd, 2008, Jack Shipley said…: Looks good since the traffic stays at the site. We just turned down a request to take over a Metra commuter station cafe. Boarding and the parking lot is on the other side of the tracks! And, to break even, I calculated a 25% capture rate needed.

Zero waste is difficult. No bags? No paper cups? We dropped the compostible cups because the seams failed too frequently.

With an office site, I'd think you could successfully encourage people to bring down their mugs! Ditch the bottled water. We just put in another water pitcher or urn or whatever we bought at Costco. Fill it with filtered water, ice it down, slice up some fresh lemon. Free. Customers love it.

At 12:23pm on May 14th, 2008, Jack Shipley said…: Love to. Going to the Green Festival in Chicago on Saturday. We're a certified Green Business through Coop America. You should check it out as authenticity in green business is important.

At 9:00pm on April 20th, 2008, Jack Shipley said…: I have friends staying in Vancouver at the Marriott Pinnacle. Are you familiar with that hotel? If so, do you know a good coffee cafe for them to visit?

At 3:14pm on April 16th, 2008, Bill Pogue said…: Hello Robbi
I would love to read your article. I read Celebrating the Third Place, stories describing third places around the county. It is always good to hear from a customer’s point of view.
Bill

At 11:01am on April 14th, 2008, Robbi said…: Bill,
When I go to a coffee shop, it's about atmosphere -- I wrote an article about coffee shops being the 'third place' (after home and work). I want to feel I can curl up in a comfy chair or a secluded table and read, write and drink gallons of coffee without feeling that I need to move along... I sometimes get the 'move along' feeling from the larger places.