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Article

26 Nov 2008

Author:
Martin Hickman, The Independent [UK]

All Starbucks' coffee to be Fairtrade

Starbucks is to make every cappuccino, mocha and latte it sells in Britain Fairtrade in an attempt to reverse a sales slump that has hit its global expansion...[B]y the end of next year all the espresso-based drinks in its 700 British and Irish stores would be made from beans grown by growers who receive improved levels of pay. Some 100,000 farmers in Latin America, Asia and Africa will benefit from the promise, according to the Fairtrade Foundation...At present 6 per cent of Starbucks' coffee sales around the world is certified as Fairtrade...[also refers to Costa Coffee]