
Micro-Chains: the Worst of Both Worlds or a Brilliant Business Strategy?
I once wrote a post on my blog about the idea of ‘fifth wave coffee’, back at the time when I was actually working in management at a company who fell into this category. Therefore, when looking back over it quite recently, I realised that I subconsciously leaned over to its favourable side, when actually my true beliefs aren't all that rosey. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t going to be a post which just sits down and slates the concept of micro-chain coffee shops and how terr

{Soho} Grind.
Soho Grind Feature. Man, we’re in the presence of some coffee shop royalty in this post today. Much like a couple of features before this one, I’ve been putting off writing this blog post for quite a long time, simply due to the fact that I’ve wanted to make sure that this could be the best it could possibly be! Heck, I could simply stop the blog post there, since that’s evidence enough that these guys are good. Right, let’s get right into it with a bit of context behind the