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Date: 14 Jun 2006 01:23:55
From: Plaidmoon
Subject: Walmart and Fair Trade Coffee story in Washington Post
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The Washington Post ran an interesting article last Sunday (see link
below) about Walmart and their move into selling Fair Trade Coffee.
According to the article, they are buying coffee from a Brazilian
company that buys directly from farmers that are Fair Trade certified.
Walmart pays a premium price for the coffee, yet by skipping most of
the middlemen, they still can sell for the low price they are known for
(about $4.50/lb). The farmers appear to be happy and doing well, so
it's a win-win situation. I tend to be rather skeptical about Walmart,
but they seem to be moving in the right direction. Now if someone would
explain to them that roasting the beans in Brazil and then shipping
them to the rest of the world is not a good idea. Sigh.
http://tinyurl.com/mca2j
Plaidmoon
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Date: 14 Jun 2006 05:51:43
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Subject: Re: Walmart and Fair Trade Coffee story in Washington Post
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> I tend to be rather skeptical about Walmart,
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funny,
when i read that, the current white house administration
came to mind
i guess i've been listening to too much radio
waterboy
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Date: 19 Jun 2006 19:55:15
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Subject: Re: Walmart and Fair Trade Coffee story in Washington Post
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I don't know about Walmart and FT coffee, but i can say they are
certainly buying up all the Brazilian organic coffee...literally...for
the next two years out. Ask any roaster who uses it and they'll tell
you what a scramle they have or are going through to either find it or
replace it in their blends, etc. Prices for whatever was in importers
inventories went up by as much a 75%. We were recently told by a
broker that they were going to get a limited amount delivered in a
couple of months, but we would have to commit up front for the number
of bags we wanted to purchase (not unusual) but they wouldn't say how
much they were going to charge for it when it came in (very unusual).
We were going to have to commit blind to pay whatever they were going
to ask for it. Ouch.
jeff
Plaidmoon wrote:
> The Washington Post ran an interesting article last Sunday (see link
> below) about Walmart and their move into selling Fair Trade Coffee.
> According to the article, they are buying coffee from a Brazilian
> company that buys directly from farmers that are Fair Trade certified.
> Walmart pays a premium price for the coffee, yet by skipping most of
> the middlemen, they still can sell for the low price they are known for
> (about $4.50/lb). The farmers appear to be happy and doing well, so
> it's a win-win situation. I tend to be rather skeptical about Walmart,
> but they seem to be moving in the right direction. Now if someone would
> explain to them that roasting the beans in Brazil and then shipping
> them to the rest of the world is not a good idea. Sigh.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mca2j
>
> Plaidmoon
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Date: 20 Jun 2006 03:56:30
From: Marshall
Subject: Re: Walmart and Fair Trade Coffee story in Washington Post
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On 19 Jun 2006 19:55:15 -0700, jeff@thesupremebean.com wrote:
>I don't know about Walmart and FT coffee, but i can say they are
>certainly buying up all the Brazilian organic coffee...literally...for
>the next two years out. Ask any roaster who uses it and they'll tell
>you what a scramle they have or are going through to either find it or
>replace it in their blends, etc. Prices for whatever was in importers
>inventories went up by as much a 75%. We were recently told by a
>broker that they were going to get a limited amount delivered in a
>couple of months, but we would have to commit up front for the number
>of bags we wanted to purchase (not unusual) but they wouldn't say how
>much they were going to charge for it when it came in (very unusual).
>We were going to have to commit blind to pay whatever they were going
>to ask for it. Ouch.
>
>jeff
But, "necessity is the mother of invention." Jeff has substituted a
Nicaraguan organic that makes a very tasty organic espresso blend.
Marshall "just finished another cup"
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Date: 20 Jun 2006 05:41:55
From: Hugh Janus
Subject: Re: Walmart and Fair Trade Coffee story in Washington Post
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Excellent!
Now we'll be able to buy premium Starbucks quality coffee at low Walmart
prices.
Gotta love Walmart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 20 Jun 2006 13:13:02
From: Robert Harmon
Subject: Re: Walmart and Fair Trade Coffee story in Washington Post
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Costco has been selling Starbucks house blend & decaf under their Kirkland
Signature label for decade. It's labeled fair trade organic. I used it for
years before I found out charcoal is not a desired coffee attribute. Both
Sams Club & Costco sell Starbucks brand as well. Some Costco stores have
roasters on the premises, but according to management they won't be in
future stores. Costco does have several other whole bean coffees to select
from, my favorite is Ruta Mayan, a dark roasted(?) shade grown organic bean
from Chiapas imported to Austin, Texas where it's roasted. Pretty good stuff
for preroasted.
"Hugh Janus" <* > wrote in message news:e78gik01nae@news2.newsguy.com...
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> Excellent!
>
> Now we'll be able to buy premium Starbucks quality coffee at low Walmart
> prices.
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> Gotta love Walmart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 21 Jun 2006 05:40:00
From: Hugh Janus
Subject: Re: Walmart and Fair Trade Coffee story in Washington Post
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Yah, me too!
That's one of the things I like about Starbucks. Their quality control
ensures that the beans are roasted to enhance the coffee's flavor. I've been
to those little mom-n-pop charcoal roaster shops but they just don't have
Starbucks' expertise.
"Robert Harmon" <r_h_harmon@Zhotmail.com > wrote in message
news:yvSlg.8642$lp.601@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Costco has been selling Starbucks house blend & decaf under their Kirkland
> Signature label for decade. It's labeled fair trade organic. I used it for
> years before I found out charcoal is not a desired coffee attribute.
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