For those new To Coffee News some background on the development of Coffee News as seen by Jean Daum:
For Jean Daum (RIP), it was a coffee break heard around the world. The St. Clements resident and creator of the popular Coffee News hoped her idea of a small publication aimed at coffee shops would be successful when it hit counters 16 years ago — but she never dreamed it would evolve into an international phenomenon.
"I never dreamed of something like this," said Daum. "I never thought it would do what it has done, but things have just taken off."
Daum’s idea came to her innocently enough. Alone during a Winnipeg restaurant coffee break in 1988, she began reading sugar packets and other available signage out of boredom.
A former newspaper publisher who saw her business slip away because of continuous distribution troubles, the idea of putting out an entertaining publication geared for people on their coffee breaks popped into her head.
"I wanted to find a way of bringing information to communities through coffee shop distribution and this was a natural," Daum said.
Starting in Winnipeg, the Coffee News spread to Thompson and The Pas and finally the world. Source.
