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Rebecca Connors • August 2, 2026

How ‘Intentional Espresso’ Turns Coffee Into an Interactive Brand Experience

The team at Intentional Espresso, a specialty coffee catering company based in the Pacific Northwest, knows that the best events stay with people long after they end. That’s why they designed their coffee bar to create moments that feel personal, intentional, and worth talking about. Owned by Randy Matheny and co-owned by Katie Matheny, Intentional
Rebecca Connors • July 28, 2026

How Astro Coffee Turns Coffee Into an Event Experience

At a great event, the details guests remember are often the moments that feel personal, unexpected, and worth sharing. For Astro Coffee, a family-owned mobile coffee company based in Golden, Colorado, coffee creates an opportunity to deliver all three. Owned by Lisa Huron and Steven Schillaci, Astro Coffee operates a fleet of coffee carts, trailers,
Rebecca Connors • July 19, 2026

The Lesson Many Food & Beverage Businesses Learn Too Late

Food and beverage businesses are usually managed through things that can be measured: costs, staffing, inventory, speed of service, menu performance, waste, reviews, and repeat visits. All of that matters. A business cannot survive without strong operations. But customers do not experience a business through its spreadsheet. They remember how the place made them feel.
Rebecca Connors • July 19, 2026

How Caterers and Venues Can Win More Summer Event Business

Summer brings more than vacationers. It brings weddings, conferences, festivals, corporate retreats, destination events, and private celebrations. For caterers and event venues, that means one thing: opportunity. As tourism increases, so does demand for memorable event experiences. While food and beverage service has always been a core part of hospitality, today’s guests expect more than
Rebecca Connors • June 21, 2026

The Biggest Shift Happening in Catering Right Now

Catering is no longer just about serving meals efficiently. Clients are increasingly evaluating caterers based on the overall experience, operational professionalism, flexibility, and memorability they bring to an event. Expectations around events are changing. Guests now expect experiences that feel interactive, personalized, visually engaging, and worth remembering.  As a result, modern catering businesses are being
Rebecca Connors • June 21, 2026

Your social media isn’t helping you grow your business: now what?

According to Sprout Social, 68% of consumers say they follow brands on social media to stay informed about new products and services, but what actually drives engagement is content that feels authentic and relatable, not purely promotional.  Most coffee shops don’t struggle with social media because they’re not posting enough.They struggle because they’re posting the
Rebecca Connors • June 7, 2026

Are You Running Your Coffee Cart Like a Café? You Might Be Missing Bigger Opportunities

Running a coffee cart isn’t a smaller version of a café. It’s a completely different type of service. Yet many operators approach it the same way they approach daily service – focusing on speed, menu variety, and efficiency. That’s not what defines a successful coffee cart. According to Freeman, Immersive activations, personalization, and technology are
Rebecca Connors • May 10, 2026

‘Live Scores’ Channel: Turn Every Goal Into More Orders for your Venue

The biggest soccer/football season of the year is approaching fast, and venues that prepare now will be the ones that win customer traffic, increase revenue, and build lasting guest loyalty. To help your business capture this opportunity, Ripples introduces the ‘Live Scores’ channel – an automated real-time feature designed to turn live match moments into
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