Vienna’s world-famous coffee house culture was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2011. And now a list is being drawn up to decide which coffeehouses will be entitled to display the coveted logo. The first batch of Viennese cafés are set to put their logos up in November 2013, showing the rest […]
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Jacobs roasting plant leaves Vienna
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By Rachael Williams A total of 35 jobs will be slashed when Kraft Foods Austria, soon to be known as Mondolez, transfers its premises from the Austrian capital of Vienna to a new plant in Germany in 2013. Trade unions have criticised the move as the first consequence of the intra-group split that happened in […]
Coffee on wheels comes to Vienna
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The first coffee maker on wheels has arrived in Vienna. Budding barista Felix Veres has been driving his cafe converted Piaggio Ape around the capital since the start of January, seving coffee on the move. Whist mobile cafes have been a feature of city’s such as Hamburg and Amsterdam for some time now, they have […]
Spar Austria’s organic brand prospers
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Spar Austria head Gerhard Drexel has vowed to keep focusing on organic products due to the strong demand for the supermarket’s own Natur Pur range. Drexel told the Kurier today (Thurs) that his supermarket chain’s Natur Pur portfolio had achieved two-digit growth rates each year since its introduction. The businessman claimed the sale of organic […]
Tchibo-Eduscho ‘side sales’ prosper
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Tchibo-Eduscho, a leading coffee shop company, is making half of its profit with non-food goods, it has been revealed.The German-Austrian company which runs 140 shops in Austria said today (Fri) half of its overall turnover is generated by sales of jewellery, household products and clothes it is offering for limited time spans throughout […]
Serial vending machine thief nabbed
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A Romanian man suspected of stealing coffee machines worth tens of thousands of Euros in Austria has been arrested in his homeland.Daniel D. was caught in the city of Iasi in north-eastern Romania, according to the Romanian Times online newspaper. Austrian authorities issued a European arrest warrant on his name after finding out that he […]
Austrian tourism chiefs hope for more reservations by Romanians after the smell of Viennese coffee is being spread at an underground station in Bucharest as part of a new marketing stunt.The scent of fine coffee from Vienna is automatically being diffused every 10 minutes at the Romanian capitals busy Piata Universitatii station as part of […]
Austrians spent more on Fairtrade products year on year in 2009 and bosses expect another two-digit rise this year.Fairtrade Austria chief Hartwig Kirner said today (Weds) Austrian supermarkets made 72 million Euros with products of the international certifications range last year, 10.8 per cent more than in 2008.”We expect another double-digit increase in turnover this […]