Become an Expert at Menu Planning
Green coffee purchasing and menu planning have always been challenging, but the last few years have been a whole different game: tumultuous and volatile, requiring an unprecedented balancing act of…
Read MoreA New Normal: Coffee Consumer Trends 2023
Against the backdrop of a more conservative economy, we talked to some of our roaster partners about the coffee consumer trends they’re seeing in their cafes, wholesale programs, e-commerce, and…
Read MoreCarina & Fabian of Red Fox Sourcing Talk History & the Future in Peru, Colombia, & Mexico
As we continue working to spotlight voices from producing countries, we were excited to interview Red Fox’s own Carina Barreda and Fabian Viveros Léon in the Foxhole. Fabian and Carina…
Read MoreCasimiro García López of Pluma on Community Origins & Modern Challenges
We were excited to be able to interview Casimiro García López of Pluma de Oaxaca, as well as his son Omar, face-to-face in Oaxaca. A second generation coffee farmer, Casimiro…
Read MorePrudencio of Valle Inca, Peru on Building Trust & Community
Prudencio (Jose Prudencio Saenz Vargas) is the widely respected leader of Valle Inca in Cusco, Peru, one of our largest and most important relationships in the world. A Calca native,…
Read MoreErnesto Perez of Coatepec on Veracruz History & Mexico’s New Generation
We were lucky to get a chance to talk with Coatepec Veracruz-based producer, wet mill manager and community leader Ernesto Perez. A younger farmer who took over the family farm…
Read MoreEthiopia Supply Chain Partner Eden Kassahun On Managing Logistics Through Covid 19
Eden Kassahun is one of Red Fox’s most integral supply chain partners and has been since we opened in the business in 2014. Eden and Red Fox co-founder Aleco Chigounis’s…
Read MoreEsperanza Dionisio of Pangoa on Cooperativism, Women Leadership, & Covid-19
Photo courtesy of Mark Corpus of Reanimator. Esperanza Dionisio has a reputation that precedes her. Leader of the Pangoa cooperative in Peru’s Selva Central and the first ever woman cooperative…
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