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WEB SOLUTIONS Point-of-sale provider Granbury Restaurant Solutions has released a new website solution called Granbury Websites for restaurants, bars, wine tasting rooms and coffee shops. Powered by innovative Appetas website technology, Granbury Websites helps restaurant or shop owners create a modern, professional website in seconds, without any technical or design experience. Simple to manage and update, Granbury Websites enables restaurant owners to customize text, add images and share their site online within minutes. Tasteful and responsive design templates create a stylish site with the added bonus of a mobile website at no additional cost. 800/7503947. website.granburyrs.com EXCELLENCE THROUGH MEMBERSHIP Alliance for Coffee Excellence, owner and manager of the Cup of Excellence program, recently unveiled its new 2014 membership offerings as it celebrated the opening of a new Portland office. Membership categories and benefits are tailored to different segments of the industry, with a focus on Cup of Excellence. "Most of our members tell us it is being part of a global family focused on coffee excellence that keeps them involved," says Anna Abatzoglou, marketing and membership manager. 503/208- 2872. allianceforcoffeeexcellence.org PRETZEL PAIRING The salty-and-sweet indulgence of new gluten-free Pretzel Perfection Clusters provides the ideal accompaniment to coffee or tea. Pretzel Perfection gourmet pretzels come in a variety of flavors, including Pacific Trail, Salted Caramel, Spicy Cherry Pistachio and the Ultimate: a blend of toffee, milk chocolate chips and peanut butter. 800/309-7264. pretzelperfection.com FIGHTING RUST Nonprofit agricultural lender Root Capital recently announced its Coffee Farmer Resilience Initiative, a collaborative venture designed to stabilize supply chains by investing in coffee farmers who are battling the leaf rust epidemic in Latin America. The partnership combines long-term lending to finance the replacement of diseased coffee trees affected by the fungal disease with short-term trade credit, financial management training, climate-smart agronomic assistance and household-level income diversification. The $7 million initiative—supported by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank and Skoll Foundation—will allow Root Capital to lend more than $10 million for resilience investments, as well as provide financial management training to 50 agricultural enterprises representing 40,000 farmers, reaching approximately 200,000 family members in farming communities throughout Latin America. 617/661-5792. rootcapital.org continued on page 62 freshcup.com | January 2014 61