Global Exchange : Starbucks Coffee in Mexico, new controversy (#)
„This transnational coffee corporation, with its headquarters in Seattle, buys almost 1% of the coffee produced throughout the world. In February Starbucks announced the creation of an enterprise with Alsea SA de CV to open its coffee shops all over Mexico. The corporative describes itself as the biggest enterprise of "specialty coffees" in the world, with more than 5,000 shops in North America, Europe, Middle East and the Pacific river basin.“
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Global Exchange : Starbucks Absorbs Smaller Rival
„Starbucks Corp., the world's largest chain of coffee shops, said Wednesday it would buy smaller rival Seattle Coffee Co. from AFC Enterprises Inc. for $72 million in cash.“
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„Allison Reed, who brews coffee from Seattle Coffee Co. at her independent cafe, has received three phones calls in the past month from local roasters urging her to change brands. Once Starbucks acquires Seattle Coffee Co., the callers said, she'll have to buy beans from the chain, which has several cafes near her own.“
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„With the recent acquisition of Seattle Coffee Co., which includes the Seattle’s Best Coffee and Torrefazione Italia brands, Starbucks seems to think there is no such thing as too big. In fact, the deal, which gives Starbucks 150 more cafés and wholesale distribution to airports, hotels and grocery stores, is just the tip of the latte for the international chain. According to a recent report from Reuters, Starbucks says it will continue to spread across the country and eventually boost its number of overseas shops to as many as 15,000. “We don’t know a market we’ve ever saturated,” CEO Orin Smith told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting in Seattle a few months ago.“
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CoffeeGeek - Starbucks Corporation completes acquisition of Seattle Coffee Company
„The Company is committed to offering the highest quality coffee and the Starbucks Experience while conducting its business in ways that produce social, environmental and economic benefits for communities in which it does business. In addition to its retail operations, the Company produces and sells bottled Frappuccino® coffee drinks, Starbucks DoubleShot™ coffee drink, and a line of superpremium ice creams through its joint venture partnerships. The Company's other brands enhance the Starbucks Experience through best-of-class products: Tazo Tea Company offers a line of innovative premium teas, and Hear Music produces and distributes a line of exceptional compact discs.“
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„The project is being funded by the Workforce Development Council of Seattle King County, along with the assistance of the Starbucks Coffee Company, which is donating an extensive list of equipment for the program and has agreed to interview graduates for possible hiring. The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) will also donate resource books, videos and posters from its capacious library. By June of 2004, the Youth Barista Training Program plans to graduate 75 students and speed them down the caffeinated road to gainful employment in the world of specialty coffee.“
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