The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Coffee professionals often pit these two solutions to the coffee price crisis against one another, the coffee snob side claiming that fair-trade coffees are a sort of socialist solution that eliminates market incentives for quality, while some fair-trade adherents implicitly knock the coffee snobs as obsessives who care more about aroma and mouthfeel than they do about human beings.What I find interesting about the results of the Pursuing Coffee Quality at the Supermarket cupping is how they suggest that these two solutions are not as contradictory as they seem at first. In terms of quality, the fair-trade Guatemala from Bucks County turns out to be every bit as distinguished in the cup as the three Kenyas. On the other hand, all of the finest Kenyas are produced by cooperatives of small holding growers working through an auction system, so it can be argued that an extra dollar spent for a good Kenya, regardless of the reason for that expenditure, is every bit as well-spent in social terms as a dollar spent on a fair-traded coffee.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)

„Fair Trade News "Fair Trade" coffee comes of age in New York City 23 July 2003 By Bruce Kamich NEW YORK, July 23 (Reuters) - The "Fair Trade" coffee trend started slowly in New York City, but now you can buy it by the cup, as whole bean in selected supermarkets, and flavored for the first time anywhere, industry sources said on Wednesday. Some trends from the West Coast take time to catch on back east and Fair Trade coffee has taken over three years to arrive in earnest. But as quality has improved and customers have become sensitive to the economic hardships facing the world's coffee farmers, Fair Trade coffee has finally blossomed in New York.“

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www.fairtradecertified.org (#)

„Harris Teeter Supermarkets announced this month that it will place a selection of Newman’s own Fair Trade Certified organic coffees in all 143 of its stores throughout the southeast. Andrea Brewer, Category Manager for Harris Teeter, said in a press release, "We know that our customers will appreciate the high quality of these coffees in the cup, and will feel great knowing the difference they are making in the quality of life for the coffee-farming families who grow these flavorful beans." Newman’s Own coffees are roasted by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.“

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Organic News Winter/Spring 1999 (#)

„It needs to be convenient and accessible. We need to be able to walk into a cafés and order a fair trade cup; to be able to grab a bag of fairly traded coffee beans off the supermarket shelf. The only way to have a choice is by making the product available to consumers, and the only way to do this is to make it clear to producers and retailers that we want the option to buy fair trade coffee. "When you buy coffee," says Harris, "you are voting on which systems you support."“

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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Summer 2000 (#)

„This spring has seen the launch of many new Fairtrade products, including speciality Fairtrade teas and coffees, and the first Fairtrade sugar. Most significant is the first own-brand Fairtrade product from a UK supermarket – a new milk chocolate bar from the Co-op, which sells for 39p. It is made of high quality cocoa from Ghanaian co-operative Kuapa Kokoo, which also goes into Oxfam’s African Cocoa, which now carries the Fairtrade Mark and is sold in some Sainsbury’s stores.“

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Global Exchange : What Price Virtue? At Some Retailers, 'Fair Trade' Carries A Very High Cost (#)

„In the U.S., where fair-trade items are just catching on, pricing anomalies already have arisen. Wild Oats Natural Marketplace, a 78-store national supermarket chain run by Wild Oats Markets Inc., of Boulder, Colo., introduced fair-trade organic bananas in January at 99 cents a pound -- the same price as regular organic bananas. "We've taken a margin hit, but we feel that bringing in the fair-trade bananas is the right thing to do for the farmers," says a spokeswoman. In late 2002, the chain introduced fair-trade bulk organic coffee at $9.99 a pound, the same price as regular bulk organic coffee.“

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CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Cocoa deal to boost fair trade chocolate (#)

„"Fair trade" means the farmers who grow the cocoa beans that go into chocolate will get paid more money. The Co-Op supermarket chain has promised to make all its own-brand chocolate completely fair trade. It's struck a deal with cocoa farmers in Ghana in West Africa Farmers in Africa harvest cocoa Campaigners for fair trade say big companies don't pay a fair price for the cocoa beans and keep too much money from the chocolate they sell. Because so many people grow cocoa around the world, the companies can look for ages until they find the lowest price possible.“

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PR Solar Expresso, 1/01 (#)

„Equal Exchange, the pioneer and U.S. market leader in fair trade coffee since 1991, is a full service provider of specialty, coffee and premium tea to supermarkets, natural food stores, restaurants, colleges and places of worship across North America. One hundred percent of Equal Exchange's products are fairly traded, and the firm offers the world's widest selection of fairly traded coffee, and four varieties of organic, fair trade tea. Based in Canton, Massachusetts, Equal Exchange is also a market leader in certified organic coffee with over 20 varieties.“

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Fair Trade Coffee Klatching (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„The world price is currently 60 cents (US) per pound, whereas the minimum price for Fair Trade coffee is 126 cents (US). In practice this means that Fair Trade coffees cannot be priced as low as a typical supermarket blend sold by a multinational. Some of the Fair Trade coffees are currently priced in the $5.00 per pound retail price range, which is fairly accessible. When coffee is sold by the cup, the difference in price between Fair Trade and conventional evaporates to a mere four or five cents per cup.“

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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Summer 2003 (#)

„Following the tremendous success of Fairtrade bananas, we are working with a number of supermarkets and fresh produce importers to extend the FAIRTRADE Mark to many more tropical and exotic fruits. In addition to pineapples and mangoes (trialled by the Co-op in early 2002), we are talking to producers of citrus fruits, grapes, passion fruit, papaya and coconuts who are keen to participate in Fairtrade. We expect this work to ‘bear fruit’ during 2003.“

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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Spring 2000 (#)

„Many supermarkets will be running special offers on their Fairtrade ranges during the Fortnight, and shoppers will see features about Fairtrade on the shelves and in their magazines. In Sainsbury's, Tesco, Waitrose, Iceland and Co-op stores, shoppers will be able to sample Fairtrade products and find out about Fairtrade. Health food and Oxfam shops will have special window displays for the Fortnight.“

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Virtual Coffee - The Hottest Online Coffee Zine! (#)

„Both the fair-trade and the coffee snob solutions can be seen at work among the coffees reported on in Pursuing Coffee Quality at the Supermarket. Represented are two fair-trade coffees from Bucks County Coffee, the highest rated Guatemala and the decent but middle-of-the-pack Sumatra. Also appearing are three highly rated coffees from Kenya, a favorite origin among coffee insiders and aficionados.“

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Fairtrade | About Fairtrade | History of fair trade (#)

„Today there are labelling initiatives in 19 countries, mainly throughout Europe and North America, and the product range now includes coffee, drinking chocolate, chocolate bars, orange juice, tea, honey, sugar and bananas. On sale in most major European supermarket chains, Fairtrade is now available to a much wider public with some Fairtrade products achieving 15% of national market share.“

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Java Jive #18 (#)

„In January, the newly formed organizing team — Rink, Erbin Crowell, Virginia Berman, a former organizer in Hartford, CT and agricultural extensionist for Honduran coffee farmers, and Rob Everts, veteran organizer with the United Farm Workers and Neighbor to Neighbor — set out to engage consumers, inform them about fair trade and urge them to exert their power as consumers by requesting fairly traded coffee in the supermarkets.“

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CoffeeGeek - TransFair USA Celebrates Fair Trade Month with Chefs, Farmers and Retailers (#)

„ Fair Trade pioneers like Equal Exchange continue to expand their businesses and launch new Fair Trade products.  Meanwhile, Fair Trade also continues to make inroads into the mainstream through the efforts of companies like Procter & Gamble, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Sam's Club, Stop & Shop, Giant, Tops, and Fred Meyer supermarkets.“

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Tea & Coffee 09/02 - Trade News (#)

„Equal Exchange, 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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Global Exchange : Albertsons to carry 'fair trade' coffee (#)

„Equal Exchange, a "fair trade" coffee company, announced a marketing victory Thursday: All 140 Albertsons Supermarkets in Washington and Oregon have now begun to stock four of Equal Exchange's coffees. These will be the first fair trade certified products carried by Albertsons, the nation's third-largest supermarket retailer.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„The first point I always made to these inquirers was that nothing possibly could taste worse than the blandly lifeless robustas inhabiting the cans and bottles of supermarket coffees, so consumers had a good start with any specialty coffee, including Fair Trade.“

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