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| 1 | Alaska Air dropping Jones Soda beverages, going back to Coca-Cola | Business |
| Less than two years after switching to beverages from Seattle underdog Jones Soda on their flights, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air will move back to pop giant Coca-Cola on March 1. The change is coming because of customer requests, Alaska Airlines said in a news release. | ||
| 2/9/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 2 | Brady Campaign circulates petition to keep guns out of Starbucks | Business |
| The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is asking people to sign a petition telling Starbucks to keep guns out of its shops, because they say they can't get a straight answer out of the Seattle company about its gun policy. The petition has more than 15,000 signatures. | ||
| 2/9/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 3 | Starbucks adopting pour-over brewing method, StarbucksMelody.com reports | Business |
| It's cheap, it's simple and it's the latest rage in coffee brewing. StarbucksMelody.com writes all about Starbucks' efforts to expand pour-over coffee outside its stealth Starbucks stores on Capitol Hill. A pour-over is like taking the basket of a Mr. | ||
| 2/8/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 4 | Starbucks' new heart cup reminds customers of its partnership with (Red) to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa | Business |
| A new cup at Starbucks' U.S. stores features a heart and a reminder about the company's commitment to the (Red), an organization that partners with big companies like Nike, Gap and Starbucks to help people with HIV in Africa. | ||
| 2/8/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 5 | Coffee wrap-up for the weekend | Business |
| My recent trip east was delayed by a storm, but eventually I made it to Columbus, Ohio, where Cup O Joe is still the most happening coffee shop in German Village. | ||
| 2/5/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 6 | Seattle private-sale site Zulily jumps on new trend in online commerce | Business |
| Gennaios, who's due to give birth to a girl in June, was pleased to see that Zulily featured limited-time deals on the upscale children's clothing brand Baby Nay. | ||
| 2/4/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 7 | Starbucks shareholders to vote on recycling proposal | Business |
| "Starbucks lags behind competitors who sell bottled beverages," according to the proposal, which is at the bottom of this post. "Coca-Cola has set a goal to recover 50 percent of all plastic and aluminum containers it sells annually by 2015. | ||
| 2/4/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 8 | Starbucks laying off 145 brewer, grinder technicians nationwide | Business |
| Starbucks is laying off the technicians who service its brewing and grinding machines -- fewer than 10 people in the Puget Sound area, according to a former Starbucks technician who is in touch with people there. | ||
| 2/4/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 9 | Consumer Reports finds no 'excellent' or 'very good' coffee blends; Guardian of London digs Caffe | Business |
| What on earth are the people at Consumer Reports drinking (before they tell me which car to buy)? Big names, for the most part. The highest ranked caffeinated blends, receiving "good" ratings, were Starbucks House Blend and Green Mountain Signature Nantucket Blend Medium Roast. | ||
| 2/3/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 10 | Costco names apparent heir to CEO Sinegal | Business |
| After years of refusing to answer questions about succession, Costco Wholesale promoted Craig Jelinek in moves that appear to make him the heir apparent to CEO Jim Sinegal. | ||
| 2/2/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 11 | Local artist does corporate whiplash dance with Starbucks | Business |
| When Starbucks opened two coffeehouses on Capitol Hill last year that do not carry the Starbucks name, they were billed as neighborhood-centric spaces without the corporate overlay. | ||
| 2/2/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 12 | First United Methodist in Seattle celebrates new home | Local News |
| Instead of gathering at a grand old building downtown, members of First United Methodist Church began worshipping Sunday in a sleek new building where Belltown meets Lower Queen Anne. | ||
| 1/31/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 13 | New Central District cafe plans to host Ethiopian coffee ceremonies | Business |
| The aroma of incense and roasting coffee filled a room at the Northwest African American Museum on Saturday afternoon, as five women demonstrated a centuries-old ritual from their home country of Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. | ||
| 1/31/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 14 | In Seattle, a taste of Ethiopian coffee culture | Local News |
| The aroma of incense and roasting coffee filled a room at the Northwest African American Museum on Saturday afternoon, as five women demonstrated a centuries-old ritual from their home country of Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. | ||
| 1/30/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 15 | Scenes from this afternoon's Ethiopian coffee ceremony at the Northwest African American Museum | Business |
| A few dozen people crowded into a room this afternoon at the Northwest African American Museum in the Central District, taking part in a ritual from the birthplace of coffee: Ethiopia. | ||
| 1/30/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 16 | Car recyclers get more time to crush vehicles in "Cash for Clunkers" program | Local News |
| The federal government has extended the number of days that car recyclers have to crush vehicles they received under the popular "Cash for Clunkers" program last summer. Initially, they were required to crush or shred clunkers within 180 days of receiving them or face a $15,000-per-car fine. | ||
| 1/30/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 17 | Ethiopian coffee ceremony at Northwest African American Museum this weekend | Business |
| Ethiopia is considered the birthplace of coffee. Legend has it that a goat herder named Kaldi noticed his goats behaving strangely after eating coffee berries. So he tried them, and danced with elation. | ||
| 1/29/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 18 | Costco, other warehouse clubs holding their own during recession | Business |
| There were piles of muffins, samples of cheese and bowls of shrimp and chicken salad for a couple thousand investors and employees at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. But they came mostly to hear Costco founders Jeff Brotman and Jim Sinegal talk about the country's third largest retailer. | ||
| 1/28/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 19 | Starbucks recalls bottles that pose laceration hazard | Business |
| People should stop using these clear, 20-ounce glass water bottles (SKU number 11003503) immediately, as they can shatter when the stopper is being inserted or removed. Starbucks has received eight reports of hand lacerations. | ||
| 1/28/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 20 | Learn to "cup" coffee today at downtown Starbucks -- and a list of other free tastings | Business |
| "Cup" is coffee speak for "taste," and it involves sniffing, slurping and comparing a range of coffees. It's the way coffee pros choose beans, and there are other fun terms, like "breaking the crust," which is the layer of coffee grounds that forms at the top of each cup during preparation. | ||
| 1/28/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||