Coffee Biz: The Retail Doc's Retail RX for the Holidays!
Of all the would-be marketing and sales gurus out there, Bob Phibbs; "The Retail Doctor" is one of the few smart marketers I follow. Years ago the Coffee Maverick turned me on to Bob's book: "You Can Compete.." and now thanks to social media like facebook I can follow his retail tips, articles and radio show. Here is a list that the Retail Doc created for retailers this holiday that I thought would be helpful to Baristas and Cafe owners this season. If you're on facebook, look up The Retail Doctor's fan page to find tons of useful info for retailers to profit from.By Bob Phibbs, the Retail Doctor®The holidays are almos

With Coffee: Visit to Napoli
Napoli Bakery on Willamette street.I used to have a routine when I would

Coffee Corner: Starbucks' Love Project
The love drawing I made at starbucksloveproject.comRight now Starbucks, through their "Love Project" will donate 5 cents to the global fund to help fight aids in Africa! And it's fun to do too. Just go to http://www.starbucksloveproject.com and follow the instructions to create a love drawing with their super eas

Coffee snapshot: Wandering Goat's Sidamo Natural
Caught on film: Got this shot of a goat wandering acrossmy counter top just hours before a room mate reported seeing our dogchase a small chuck wagon through the kitchen. Very strange.(click on image to enlarge)I was lying in bed the other morn

Brewing at Home: Room Mates, Tip Jars and Fun With Filters...
If you haven't noticed yet, I like to have fun with life and that includes coffee of course. I was brewing my morning cup the other day and noticed a glass flower vase in the kitchen and not being able to help myself, I took a 3x5 note card and wrote "TIP JAR" and "Thanks-A-Latte" on it in big letters and taped it to the jar leaving it for my three room mates to see as they came in for coffee. T