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Coffee, cookies and electric cars: Thai fuel giant bets billions on gas station of the future

The head of Thailand’s biggest gas station network has $1.5 billion that says motorists will soon be stocking up on a different kind of fuel – coffee. That’s the bet that Jiraporn Kaosawad, Chief Executive of PTT Oil and Retail Business (PTTOR), is placing on rolling out thousands of coffee shops at home and abroad, […]

Coffee, sugar and cocoa prices are all clawing out a recovery: Here’s why

Soft commodities such as coffee, sugar, and cocoa have broadly rallied over the past few weeks, steadying after a period of sharp volatility at the height of the coronavirus crisis. Coffee futures for December delivery trading on New York’s Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) are up almost 15% so far this quarter, having begun a steep incline […]