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  • Coffee hits 13-year high; retail prices also up

    09/08/2010 6:20:45 PM PDT · by george76 · 35 replies
    AP ^ | September 8, 2010 | SANDY SHORE
    Coffee prices hit a 13-year high Wednesday, extending a rally that has sent prices up about 43 percent in the past three months. Sen. Charles Schumer , D-N.Y., says he wants U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to warn some major coffee growers in Brazil and Vietnam not to stockpile their crops. He said that could boost coffee futures contracts even more.
  • Move Over Starbucks, Juan Valdez Is Coming

    11/30/2003 10:42:04 AM PST · by Jacob Kell · 32 replies · 953+ views
    The New York Times ^ | November 29, 2003 | SHERRI DAY
    How about a nice large cup of coffee, light on the guilt? The Colombian Coffee Federation, which represents more than 500,000 Colombian coffee growers, is planning to open its first coffee shops - all bearing the name Juan Valdez, after the federation's signature character - in the United States by early 2004. Gabriel Silva, the president of the federation, which is based in Bogotá, says the coffee growers have been "too passive" in claiming a larger piece of the $8.4 billion specialty coffee industry."In a cup of coffee that you get at a coffee shop, between 1 and 2 cents...