Starbucks Screwing Coffee Growers - Fact or Fiction?

Not the Karl Orff wrote:


The difference being Starbucks and other coffee retail suppliers are
driivng up their prices while coffee bean prices, at least at producer
level, is at a very low point.

Starbucks is not the only one doing that. Granted, their prices always
have been high. Tim Hortons recently boosted their prices for no other
reason that to honour the board's commitment to doubling dividends for
their shareholders. At least Starbucks provides nice comfortable seats
and an atmosphere designed to make you feel comfortable instead of the
fast food decor that makes you want to leave within 20 minutes.

"RJ" wrote:

Jose, in Columbia
picks the beans.

STARBUCKS
inspects/grades/buys the beans
roasts the beans
distributes the finished product
advertises the Starbuck shops
opens shops,
designs/approves the layout and equipment
stocks them with supplementry products ( snacks )
contracts for delivery of sugar, cream supplies
hires employees to manage and run the shops
buys insurance, pays taxes
disposes of garbage
hires cleaning crews to clean the shops
etc. etc. etc.

Think about it......



Then fogedaboudit. Just a part of doin da beezeness.


(Them Sunday nights is murdah on my vocab)


Nex

"Bob F." wrote in message
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I was watching Univision evening new yesterday (Spanish) and the report
mentioned that out of each dollar that the typical Starbuck's customer
spends on coffee, an average of 2 or 3 cents actually ends up in the
coffee
farmers pockets. Can this be true? This was a report about Central and
South American coffee growers.

Take any finished product then trace it all the way back to where the raw
materials originate and see how much they actually get.

2 - 3% of retail is actually quite a lot, I'd be suprised if it really is
this high.

Bert Hyman wrote in message . ..
(Not the Karl Orff) wrote in
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In article ,
"Bob F." wrote:

I was watching Univision evening new yesterday (Spanish) and the
report mentioned that out of each dollar that the typical
Starbuck's customer spends on coffee, an average of 2 or 3 cents
actually ends up in the coffee farmers pockets. Can this be true?
This was a report about Central and South American coffee
growers.

Not on topic here but it's true. In fact, i wager the coffee
grower gets less than 1 cent/customer dollar spent

Since you've decided to hold the flood gate open ...

Just because the grower gets less than 1% of the gross doesn't mean
he's being ripped off. More likely it's the buyer who's being ripped
off (or is simply being foolish) paying what they do for run of the
mill (or worse) coffee.


Here in Honduras, growres get between 38 and 58 cents a pound. This is
the non premium coffee. The premium stuff - well they might get $1 a
pound if they have an exceptionally good crop. All of these prices are
gross - before deducting labor and fertilizer costs.

Sandi

Bob F. wrote:
I was watching Univision evening new yesterday (Spanish) and the report
mentioned that out of each dollar that the typical Starbuck's customer
spends on coffee, an average of 2 or 3 cents actually ends up in the coffee
farmers pockets. Can this be true? This was a report about Central and
South American coffee growers.


Not surprising at all. How much of each $3.00 you spend for bread
at a bakery goes back to the wheat farmer?

"Bob F." wrote in message
. ..
I was watching Univision evening new yesterday (Spanish) and the report
mentioned that out of each dollar that the typical Starbuck's customer
spends on coffee, an average of 2 or 3 cents actually ends up in the
coffee
farmers pockets. Can this be true? This was a report about Central and
South American coffee growers.



And if you stop buying coffee the grower dies because he has no income!

Gerrit

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"Gerrit 't Hart" wrote:

"Bob F." wrote in message
. ..
I was watching Univision evening new yesterday (Spanish) and the report
mentioned that out of each dollar that the typical Starbuck's customer
spends on coffee, an average of 2 or 3 cents actually ends up in the
coffee
farmers pockets. Can this be true? This was a report about Central and
South American coffee growers.



And if you stop buying coffee the grower dies because he has no income!

no, you buy from someone else. Or buy twice as much from someone else
for the same $

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thomas goodwin wrote:

Bob F. wrote:
I was watching Univision evening new yesterday (Spanish) and the report
mentioned that out of each dollar that the typical Starbuck's customer
spends on coffee, an average of 2 or 3 cents actually ends up in the coffee
farmers pockets. Can this be true? This was a report about Central and
South American coffee growers.


Not surprising at all. How much of each $3.00 you spend for bread
at a bakery goes back to the wheat farmer?

bread prices do generally reflect the price of wheat and flour though

"Gerrit 't Hart" wrote in message
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And if you stop buying coffee the grower dies because he has no income!


Or starts growing Coca plants instead.

Keith

Not the Karl Orff wrote:
And if you stop buying coffee the grower dies because he has no income!

no, you buy from someone else. Or buy twice as much from someone else
for the same $

OR buy the Fair Trade Coffee at Starbucks. The amount the grower gets is much
higher with that coffee, and money is also put into the community. If we
created a demand for this coffee they would sell more of it!

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