Blue Bottle Coffee Shedding Wholesale Business as Retail Expands

Blue Bottle Coffee is shedding its wholesale business as it prepares to ramp up its own retail and in-home division operations. Founder James Freeman made the announcement on the company’s blog yesterday, saying the decision is difficult in that ends some long-running partnerships with loyal wholesale clients, and counterintuitive in that it cuts out a significant revenue stream. However, Freeman […]