Coffee's not-so-evil empire. If Starbucks coffee shops located across the street from each other, can compete with each other, then anyone, supplying a quality product can as well. After all, if Starbucks can make a profit by putting its stores right across the street from each other, as it so often does, why couldn't a unique, well-run mum and dad do even better next-door? And given America's continuing thirst for exorbitantly ... Read full entry

Being a loyal coffee consumer has become ever more difficult in Randwick. Since my first report on the coffee shop saturation situation locally, a couple more coffee shops have become visible to the disassociated radar. A couple have closed in the last 18 months, but there's three or four I still haven't been able to get near to date. Last time I thought ... Read full entry