Archive for the ‘coffee’ Category
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday that it has drastically increased the number of stores it plans to close and could eliminate as many as 12,000 full- and part-time positions as a result. The company said it now plans to close 600 company-operated stores in the United States, up from its ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
But she's not sure it can. In her opinion, the once-small Seattle coffee company's product is over-roasted and suffers from being mass-produced -- problems no machine can fix. David Schomer, espresso guru and the founder of Espresso Vivace, agrees there's more to good coffee than good technology. "For perfection ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
The NYT has a big feature on Fair Trade Coffee on the front page of the business section today! Read the full story
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
While America’s food, drug and toy manufacturers struggle with a lack of transparency in their supply chain, American consumers live with the consequences of poisoned food, lead coated toys and sick and deceased pets.
Recently, I traveled to Peru with American importer Equal Exchange and saw a much different kind of ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Starbucks has been working with coffee farmers in China's southwestern Yunnan province to help them meet sourcing standards and has sent coffee shipments to the United States for testing, Starbucks China President Wang Jinlong said at the Reuters China Century Summit on Tuesday.Read the full story
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