Coffee News
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Coffee News is a weekly advertising publication that features good news and other fun, positive items. Created by Jean Daum, it began in 1988 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
and is available across the United States and worldwide. Its slogan is "News To Enjoy Over Coffee" and, as such, is delivered to restaurants, coffee shops, bars, pubs, and other small businesses.
Coffee News is a single sheet, double-sided publication, on tan paper, provided free to establishments.
Coffee News is the world's largest restaurant publication, and also the world's largest franchise publication.
business. Identical content is sent to franchisees in each territory, who fill the margins with advertisements from local businesses and distribute copies to participating restaurants for free. The marketing model is based on selling advertising to local businesses, who would be less likely to purchase advertising in broadly circulated publications due to higher costs and the cost inefficiency of marketing to readers who are geographically unlikely to become customers.
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and is available across the United States and worldwide. Its slogan is "News To Enjoy Over Coffee" and, as such, is delivered to restaurants, coffee shops, bars, pubs, and other small businesses.
Coffee News is a single sheet, double-sided publication, on tan paper, provided free to establishments.
Coffee News is the world's largest restaurant publication, and also the world's largest franchise publication.
Marketing model
Coffee News is a franchiseFranchising
Franchising is the practice of using another firm's successful business model. The word 'franchise' is of anglo-French derivation - from franc- meaning free, and is used both as a noun and as a verb....
business. Identical content is sent to franchisees in each territory, who fill the margins with advertisements from local businesses and distribute copies to participating restaurants for free. The marketing model is based on selling advertising to local businesses, who would be less likely to purchase advertising in broadly circulated publications due to higher costs and the cost inefficiency of marketing to readers who are geographically unlikely to become customers.
Everybody's Talking!
This section features news stories from around the world. This section usually contains 4 short paragraphParagraph
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Quotable Quotes
This section contains quotes from various authorAuthor
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s. There are usually 2-4 quotes in this section. The misspelling of the title of this section is on-purpose, and part of the publication's trademark.
What's Happening
The "What's Happening" section is filled with local events, with emphasis on community service or non-profit organizations.Trivia
This section contains 5 triviaTrivia
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Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
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Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
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Your Weekly Horoscope
This section features horoscopeHoroscope
In astrology, a horoscope is a chart or diagram representing the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, the astrological aspects, and sensitive angles at the time of an event, such as the moment of a person's birth. The word horoscope is derived from Greek words meaning "a look at the hours" In...
s for all zodiac signs. It also gives lucky numbers for the week.
Did You Know . . .
This section contains facts about general topics like actorActor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
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Landmark
This is a list of landmarks around the world.Landmarks may be split into two categories - natural phenomena and man-made features, like buildings, bridges, statues, public squares and so forth...
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Animal
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...
s, and other topics. Did You Know . . . contains 4 facts.