According to Blue Bottle's CEO, the acquisition — which reportedly cost Nestlé up to $500 million — wasn't a deal the trendy coffee company was seeking out.

Food News Blue Bottle Coffee union workers walk out over bargaining dispute The union claimed the company “illegally declared impasse in negotiations” because the company wants to install ...

The end of plastic cups at Blue Bottle was casually mentioned in the company’s larger declaration, in a Dec. 9 blog post, that it aims to achieve “Zero Waste” status by the end of 2020.

Blue Bottle Coffee, the upscale chain that popularized the pour-over coffee cup, plans to make its cafes zero-waste within a year. To do that, it's getting rid of single-use cups at some locations.

Blue Bottle Coffee recently secured a $20 million funding round, a chunk of which will be put toward reinventing a more elegant café experience. One based on the Apple Store, and Proust.

Blue Bottle began in 2002 in Oakland, California, and has opened 18 cafes in new and existing markets in 2017, including cafes in Miami, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.

Blue Bottle Coffee, the Oakland-based coffee roaster and retailer known for its high-end specialty coffee, is now part of Swiss food giant Nestle. Nestle and Blue Bottle announced the acquisition ...

In a phone conversation, Blue Bottle Chief Executive James Freeman, Handsome Coffee co-founder Michael Phillips and Tonx co-founder Nik Bauman talked about how the deal went down.