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Colectivo Could Become The Largest Unionized Coffee Chain

March 25, 2021 Alice Herman, In These Times. , ,
On March 8, Lauretta Archibald marked her three-year anniversary as a baker for Colectivo Coffee Roasters, an upscale Midwestern coffee chain based in Milwaukee and Chicago. In her years at Colectivo, Archibald had been responsible for making artisan bread in bulk, sometimes baking 1,000 loaves a night. It was arduous work, and Archibald says that she did not always have the support — or even materials — that she needed: the bakery was understaffed for stretches of time, there weren’t enough cooling racks and one of the ovens leaked the smell of gas through the kitchen.

D.C. Coffee Shops Issue ‘Disloyalty Card’ To Take Down Starbucks

January 11, 2014 Arin Greenwood, www.huffingtonpost.org ,
There's an attack on big business in Washington! A half-dozen independent coffee shops in the nation's capital have banded together to lure consumers away from that French-roasted behemoth known as Starbucks. D.C. Disloyalty Card" holders will get a stamp when they visit Peregrine Espresso, Filter, The Coffee Bar, Chinatown Coffee Company, La Mano and the Blind Dog Cafe. Once six stamps are collected, the disloyal card-holder can enjoy a free drink from one of the participating shops. "The card is a fun way to get baristas and customers talking with each other," Dawn Shanks, a Peregrine Espresso barista who helped create the card, told the Washington Post. "It also reflects the connection all the individual shops have with one another -- the coffee community is a supportive and close-knit group."

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