Say hello to people, grab a cup of coffee, plan out the day with the critical tasks for the day and week 3. What do you do to relax?
The men open up, switch on the lights, have coffee, plan the day ahead, discuss players, tactics, training.
The company, which has annual sales of $6.4 billion primarily from coffee, plans to add ovens in Chicago, San Francisco and Portland, Ore., in 2006 to capture more of the breakfast market.
"It was unusual, inspiring," Kathie Healy said as she readied the church's kitchen for several coffees planned after the Sunday masses.
After washing my hands, it's time for that hot cup of coffee and planning for the day ahead.
From lathes to lattes: Starbucks reported a 69% drop in profits for its fiscal first quarter, and the coffee chain plans to close 300 more stores globally on top of the 600 it had already planned to shutter in the U.S.
"It's certainly interesting," John Glass, a restaurant analyst at CIBC World Markets, said of the coffee growers' plan.
Express your needs clearly and let someone else make the coffee or plan all the office parties.
Whittard of Chelsea, the tea and coffee retailer, plans to open an outlet in Moscow and is 'talking to people' in Shanghai with a view to taking its tea shops to China.
Next week, Macy's Herald Square, where mealtime options have traditionally run to burger bars and coffee nooks, plans to open Stella 34 Trattoria, a 260-seat restaurant with a sweeping view of Broadway and an ambition to become a dining destination in a part of the city where worthwhile choices are few.
Fabian Gutiérrez, a local coffee grower, plans to hire a coyote to get his 16-year-old son, Fabricio, to Miami, where the boy's uncle has been living for years, rather than have him look for work in Honduras's capital, Tegucigalpa.
