Organic News Winter/Spring 1999 (#)
„Consider Equal Exchange for example—a coffee importer in Canton, Massachusetts. Equal Exchange is the fair trade coffee importer of the United States, importing 100% of its coffee according to European standards. These standards establish the following trade criteria: producers must be organized into democratically-run farmers' cooperatives; importers must pay a guaranteed minimum price that covers production costs and ensures a profit (including a premium that is to be used in consultation with the producers for their social and economic benefit); importers must arrange for advanced payment; importers must commit to a long-term trading agreement with the co-op.“
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PR Distribution through United Natural Foods
„CANTON, MA - March 8th, 2003 - Equal Exchange, the nation's leading fair trade coffee company, today announces national distribution through United Natural Foods, a leading independent national distributor of natural foods and related products. Through this arrangement select Equal Exchange products will for the first time be easily available to thousands of retailers nationwide. Working with United Natural Foods in this way significantly advances Equal Exchange's long term strategy of putting their gourmet and organic fair trade products within easy reach of America's natural food shoppers.“
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Coffee Industry - National Coffee Association
„Whether your company is a roaster or importer, retailer or wholesaler/ distributor, a company that provides services to the coffee industry or one that grows coffee or exports it to the United States, your NCA membership will give you all the information you need to stay on the competitive edge, plus the personal contacts needed for your company's growth. Click on the label on the left for more information.“
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„CANTON, MA—July 3rd, 2002—Equal Exchange, the nation's leading purveyor of fair trade coffee, has announced that the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company is carrying its packaged coffees and tea in approximately 35 of its stores throughout Connecticut and Western Massachusetts, making it one of the first supermarket chains in the U.S. to offer consumers such a wide line of fairly-traded, organic beverages.“
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„Canton, MA. --- The country’s leading fair trade coffee company praised Starbucks for its recent announcement of intent to purchase a small portion of its coffee under certified fair trade terms. Massachusetts-based Equal Exchange pioneered the fair trade coffee movement in the United States in 1986 and to date remains the largest and only company to purchase 100% of its coffee from small farmer cooperatives under internationally recognized fair trade criteria.“
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Tea & Coffee 05/01 - Editor's Letter
„Several coffee importers have found the farmer unable to ship the coffee at these absurdly low prices. The importer is then forced to purchase coffee on the spot market in order to fulfill their obligation to the roaster, who is also suffering in the financial squeeze. In an attempt to help the farmers, several coffee roasters have begun paying premium prices in order to ensure that next year that the same quality coffee will still be available.“
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