Hey dumbass where the hell ar you getting your info from, don't be telling the world what you and your family do together. Just keep what your brothers cousins do to each other in your family. Oh yeah go fuck yourself while you are at it.
For every cup of coffee that's sold around the worled today, Ethiopia should have claimed some sort of commition as it is the origin of coffee bin.Coffee been the second best traded comodity next to petrol, Ethiopia should have the coffee trade marked at it's birth. Emagine what ethiopia would be worth today.Surely soon or later justice has to prevail for those poor farmers who are been loughed at by starbuck and co.for every 100kg they produce they are getting a single beans worth.
In 2005 & 2006, Starbucks bought 2,400 bags of sun-dried Sidamo for retail sale at $26 per pound, or $8,236,800. The Fero Cooperative in Sidamo got paid around $436,000, or $1.38 a pound. The coop paid its farmers around $53,000, promising a dividend of around $7,000. The farmers thus got .73% of expected retail sales. The farmers need Starbucks to execute long-term contracts that guarantee them 2% of retail sales for its "Black Apron Exclusive."
Correction--To convert from Red Cherries to Green Bean Equivalents, the payment from the farmers is not $60,000 ($53,000 + 7,000), but three times that amount, or $180,000. Thus the farmers got 2.2% of expected retail sales. The farmers seeking triple the existing price need contracts guaranteeing them 6% of retail sales, not 2%.
For what's worth, the price paid to farmers by Fair Trade in 2006 was $1.41. So Starbucks is evil at $1.38 and Fair Trade is godly at $1.41. Makes perfect sense to me.
And seriously, if it was just a "whoops" kind of thing, shouldn't someone be losing their job or something? I would think that's what happens when someone talks on behalf of their company in a way that's totally off the wall. Normally it's not people this senior though... Whoops, I goofed and publicly maligned a whole country's policy in front of tens of thousands of people. My bad.
Starbucks says it will support technical assistance to improve the quality of the coffee produced in Ethiopia. But this will help Starbucks more than it will help the farmers. Starbucks will make big profits if the farmers increase their production of this coffee. The farmers, however, will continue to get the same small percent of the profits.
I wonder, does starbucks intend to compensate ethiopia for all the harm they caused before they "learned a lot" and realized that they posted a video that over 25,000 people watched that turned out to be, in effect, a lie?
Or, no, let me rephrase... just inaccurate...
If they were "inaccurate" about whether it's legal, I wonder what other statements put out by Starbucks about this whole Ethiopia thing are inaccurate?
SBUX said it would no longer oppose Ethiopia's trade mark applications, which it has aggressively done, and denied. It has offered charity and technical assistance to buy good will, and made promises to buy more coffee. SBUX is making empty, unverifiable promises. It claims to have the welfare of the farmers in mind. If it really had the farmers in mind, it would pay them a fair price based on what they sell the coffee to their customers.
Also, we agreed to work together to help increase Ethiopian farmer incomes and make sure there is a sustainable production of fine coffee. We will continue to strengthen our partnership with them and work to improve the lives of Ethiopian coffee farmers and their families. In fact, we just announced that we will double our purchases from East Africa and open a Farmer Support Center in East Africa.
I wonder, does starbucks intend to compensate ethiopia for all the harm they caused before they "learned a lot" and realized that they posted a video that over 25,000 people watched that turned out to be, in effect, a lie?
Or, no, let me rephrase... just inaccurate...
If they were "inaccurate" about whether it's legal, I wonder what other statements put out by Starbucks about this whole Ethiopia thing are inaccurate?
I went to my local Starbucks today but I didn't buy a coffee because they had sold out of Café Estima Blend Fairtrade coffee. I was given an interesting leaflet which informed me that Starbucks purchase a creditable 14% of the global supply of Fairtrade certified coffee. I will have to return another day to make my purchase. (I had a coffee when I got back to Oxfam).
Since our 1st video was posted, a lot has happened. When we posted that video we felt the information was correct & since we've learned a lot & realized the information about the legality of the trademark was not accurate. Dub & other Starbucks partners recently visited Africa & met with the Ethiopian Govt. We agreed not to oppose Ethiopia's efforts to obtain trademarks for its specialty coffees, Sidamo, Harar/Harrar & Yirgacheffe, & its efforts to create a network of licensed distributors
fuk chain stores. especially yank ones. bunch o' budas!
wyrda222 2 years ago
you don't know shit you asshole. fuck you.
galethio 4 years ago
@galethio enlighten us then wise one
wyrda222 2 years ago
Hey dumbass where the hell ar you getting your info from, don't be telling the world what you and your family do together. Just keep what your brothers cousins do to each other in your family. Oh yeah go fuck yourself while you are at it.
Ethioprince07 4 years ago
thanks old
Unzarjer 4 years ago
@Unzarjer. his picture's not much cop is it?
wyrda222 2 years ago
For every cup of coffee that's sold around the worled today, Ethiopia should have claimed some sort of commition as it is the origin of coffee bin.Coffee been the second best traded comodity next to petrol, Ethiopia should have the coffee trade marked at it's birth. Emagine what ethiopia would be worth today.Surely soon or later justice has to prevail for those poor farmers who are been loughed at by starbuck and co.for every 100kg they produce they are getting a single beans worth.
Danielzenebechsisay 4 years ago
Starbucks' Farmer Inequity
In 2005 & 2006, Starbucks bought 2,400 bags of sun-dried Sidamo for retail sale at $26 per pound, or $8,236,800. The Fero Cooperative in Sidamo got paid around $436,000, or $1.38 a pound. The coop paid its farmers around $53,000, promising a dividend of around $7,000. The farmers thus got .73% of expected retail sales. The farmers need Starbucks to execute long-term contracts that guarantee them 2% of retail sales for its "Black Apron Exclusive."
worklaw 5 years ago
Correction--To convert from Red Cherries to Green Bean Equivalents, the payment from the farmers is not $60,000 ($53,000 + 7,000), but three times that amount, or $180,000. Thus the farmers got 2.2% of expected retail sales. The farmers seeking triple the existing price need contracts guaranteeing them 6% of retail sales, not 2%.
worklaw 5 years ago
For what's worth, the price paid to farmers by Fair Trade in 2006 was $1.41. So Starbucks is evil at $1.38 and Fair Trade is godly at $1.41. Makes perfect sense to me.
barfinpuppy 4 years ago
And seriously, if it was just a "whoops" kind of thing, shouldn't someone be losing their job or something? I would think that's what happens when someone talks on behalf of their company in a way that's totally off the wall. Normally it's not people this senior though... Whoops, I goofed and publicly maligned a whole country's policy in front of tens of thousands of people. My bad.
sneech321 5 years ago
Starbucks says it will support technical assistance to improve the quality of the coffee produced in Ethiopia. But this will help Starbucks more than it will help the farmers. Starbucks will make big profits if the farmers increase their production of this coffee. The farmers, however, will continue to get the same small percent of the profits.
Thank you,
Wondwossen
CoffeePolitics 5 years ago
I wonder, does starbucks intend to compensate ethiopia for all the harm they caused before they "learned a lot" and realized that they posted a video that over 25,000 people watched that turned out to be, in effect, a lie?
Or, no, let me rephrase... just inaccurate...
If they were "inaccurate" about whether it's legal, I wonder what other statements put out by Starbucks about this whole Ethiopia thing are inaccurate?
sneech321 5 years ago
SBUX said it would no longer oppose Ethiopia's trade mark applications, which it has aggressively done, and denied. It has offered charity and technical assistance to buy good will, and made promises to buy more coffee. SBUX is making empty, unverifiable promises. It claims to have the welfare of the farmers in mind. If it really had the farmers in mind, it would pay them a fair price based on what they sell the coffee to their customers.
CoffeePolitics 5 years ago
Also, we agreed to work together to help increase Ethiopian farmer incomes and make sure there is a sustainable production of fine coffee. We will continue to strengthen our partnership with them and work to improve the lives of Ethiopian coffee farmers and their families. In fact, we just announced that we will double our purchases from East Africa and open a Farmer Support Center in East Africa.
Thanks,
Matt Murray
Starbucks Coffee Company
StarbucksCoffeeCo 5 years ago
I wonder, does starbucks intend to compensate ethiopia for all the harm they caused before they "learned a lot" and realized that they posted a video that over 25,000 people watched that turned out to be, in effect, a lie?
Or, no, let me rephrase... just inaccurate...
If they were "inaccurate" about whether it's legal, I wonder what other statements put out by Starbucks about this whole Ethiopia thing are inaccurate?
sneech321 5 years ago
Nice to see such transparency and responsiveness from a company. I'll try to fit in a visit to Starbucks in Southport during Fairtrade fortnight.
Tony63efc 5 years ago
I went to my local Starbucks today but I didn't buy a coffee because they had sold out of Café Estima Blend Fairtrade coffee. I was given an interesting leaflet which informed me that Starbucks purchase a creditable 14% of the global supply of Fairtrade certified coffee. I will have to return another day to make my purchase. (I had a coffee when I got back to Oxfam).
Tony63efc 5 years ago
@Tony63efc dont bother. it'll make you have a crap.
wyrda222 2 years ago
Since our 1st video was posted, a lot has happened. When we posted that video we felt the information was correct & since we've learned a lot & realized the information about the legality of the trademark was not accurate. Dub & other Starbucks partners recently visited Africa & met with the Ethiopian Govt. We agreed not to oppose Ethiopia's efforts to obtain trademarks for its specialty coffees, Sidamo, Harar/Harrar & Yirgacheffe, & its efforts to create a network of licensed distributors
StarbucksCoffeeCo 5 years ago