Comments on: the cult of starbucks http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/08/10/the-cult-of-starbucks/ a work in progress Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:23:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: brichert http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/08/10/the-cult-of-starbucks/#comment-9 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:54:08 +0000 http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/08/10/the-cult-of-starbucks/#comment-9 Reply to stephenHUBBARD: Thanks for the comment. That is actually what Starbucks partners are told if they inquire into fair trade pricing. However, this is most likely not the case since Starbucks actually drives much of the market and has been pushing down coffee prices. The industry at the present time is at the most critical stage in third world countries while first world consumers are buying coffee in record numbers. Of course, this is only speculation based on my own limited research. Starbucks has actually been doing better than most large corporations, that I will admit. I would, however, be skeptical of the whole not registering thing, since I am sure that Starbucks would compensate the coffee plantations if it was just a registration fee so that they could advertise it. Reply to stephenHUBBARD:
Thanks for the comment. That is actually what Starbucks partners are told if they inquire into fair trade pricing. However, this is most likely not the case since Starbucks actually drives much of the market and has been pushing down coffee prices. The industry at the present time is at the most critical stage in third world countries while first world consumers are buying coffee in record numbers. Of course, this is only speculation based on my own limited research. Starbucks has actually been doing better than most large corporations, that I will admit. I would, however, be skeptical of the whole not registering thing, since I am sure that Starbucks would compensate the coffee plantations if it was just a registration fee so that they could advertise it.

]]> by: stephenHUBBARD http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/08/10/the-cult-of-starbucks/#comment-8 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:52:28 +0000 http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2006/08/10/the-cult-of-starbucks/#comment-8 first off: good post. i heard once from a good source that it may be possible that places like starbucks are buying fair trade coffee without knowing it. a lot of farms (source from south america/equador) make coffee in a fair trade manner. only they can't afford to register themselves as "fair trade". maybe you can investigate this end of things more. first off: good post.

i heard once from a good source that it may be possible that places like starbucks are buying fair trade coffee without knowing it. a lot of farms (source from south america/equador) make coffee in a fair trade manner. only they can’t afford to register themselves as “fair trade”. maybe you can investigate this end of things more.

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