Starbucks Partners with the African Wildlife Foundation on
Starbucks Partners with the African Wildlife Foundation on its Global Coffee Sustainability Initiatives (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Building on its ongoing global coffee sustainability commitment to coffee farms and cooperatives throughout the world, Starbucks Coffee Company and the African Wildlife Foundation today announced the launch of the "Coffee for Conservation" project, aimed at promoting coffee quality, environmental sustainability and natural resource conservation in East Africa.
Prices of cotton rise as coffee prices fall, says BoT (IPP Media)
Prices of cotton rose last January because of an increase in demand in China as well as a low supply associated with concerns about the effects of tsunami on cotton in Asian countries.
First Impression: Popular Products (Fast Company Magazine)
"The average American receives more than 3,000 marketing messages a day." - Dawn Hudson , Senior VP of Marketing, Pepsi
Jamaican Coffee Board to Study Impact of Storage Facility Conditions on Coffee Quality (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Jamaican Coffee Industry Board, a Kingston, Jamaica-based agency overseeing quality standards for Jamaican coffee, has begun conducting a series of indoor environment trials focused on coffee storage facilities throughout the island.
Sara Lee to close French factory (Reuters)
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. consumer products maker Sara Lee SLE.N is closing its household and bodycare factory in France and transferring production to Indonesia and South Africa, it said on Friday, citing diminished demand in Europe.