FAO Report: Progress Toward Sustainable Agriculture has Stalled in Many Regions | Tea Relief for Pakistan | MK Shah Exports vs Outsider in Bidding Contest for McLeod Russel India | PLUS Jami Lewchik, head of TAZO sustainability initiatives in the US, discusses TAZO’s long-term ambition to transform its products and the brand’s entire business operations…
Tea brands brace for a downturn as core inflation remains high, undermining consumer confidence | Starbucks Announces a Retail Renaissance | Orthodox Tea Exports Fall Short of Demand | PLUS Hayleys MD Roshan Rajadurai discusses how Sri Lankan plantations adapted and continue to produce tea during the country’s worst economic crisis.
Bypassing Sanctions is Benefitting India’s Tea Industry | Indian Exports to the Russian Federation in April were up 19% | Reinvention is Routine at Starbucks | South Africa Rooibos Industry Makes First Payout to Indigenous Communities | PLUS Niraj de Mel, Sri Lanka’s newly appointed tea board chair, is rallying tea stakeholders in the face…
By Peggy Watt Starbucks has underscored Teavana’s role in the company by teaming with chai-loving icon Oprah Winfrey, who arrived to cheers at Starbucks’ annual shareholders meeting in Seattle March 19 to introduce Teavana Oprah Chai, a custom blend arriving in Teavana and Starbucks stores next month. A year and a half after Starbucks bought…
ATLANTA, Ga. — In 1997 entrepreneur Andy Mack and his wife Nancy, a former Walt Disney World Resort customer service manager, opened their first Teavana storefront at Phipps Plaza (Lenox Square Mall). During the 10 years that followed he changed the name from Elephant Tea Co., perfected the format, acquired prime retail locations in some…
