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Judi Lynn

(162,543 posts) Thu Jan 11, 2024, 05:36 AM Jan 2024

Starbucks is sued for KNOWINGLY claiming its coffee is '100% ethical' - when it knows farms in Guatemala, Kenya and Braz

Starbucks is sued for KNOWINGLY claiming its coffee is '100% ethical' - when it knows farms in Guatemala, Kenya and Brazil it buys from are not

Starbucks is being sued on behalf of American consumers

The lawsuit claims the company falsely claims to be 100 percent ethical despite sourcing from farms with human rights violations

Coffee farms in Guatemala, Kenya and Brazil were mentioned in the lawsuit

By MARTHA WILLIAMS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 21:36 EST, 10 January 2024 | UPDATED: 02:25 EST, 11 January 2024

Starbucks is being sued for claiming that their coffee is 100 percent ethical - despite being supplied by farms with human rights violations in multiple continents.

A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., federal court on behalf of American consumers against the largest coffee company in the world over their 'misleading' marketing.

The lawsuit claims that Starbucks knowingly sources tea and coffee from suppliers with 'documented, severe human rights and labor abuses' while claiming in their marketing and on their packaging to be 100 percent ethical.

Kenya, Guatemala, and Brazil are some of the countries where Starbucks sources its products. Guatemala is Central America's second-largest coffee exporter - after Honduras - and their arabica beans are favored by the American coffee giant.

More:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12948639/Starbucks-sued-coffee-ethical-farms.html

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Starbucks is sued for KNOWINGLY claiming its coffee is '100% ethical' - when it knows farms in Guatemala, Kenya and Braz (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2024 OP

I don't understand the Starbucks phenomenon PJMcK Jan 2024 #1

I don't either Starbucks has a line at the drive through stretching around the store doc03 Jan 2024 #3

Primary reason I won't buy their coffee... 2naSalit Jan 2024 #2

I guess it all depends on your ethics. Wonder Why Jan 2024 #4

I guess it depends on how they define "ethical." Redleg Jan 2024 #5

PJMcK

(23,011 posts)

1. I don't understand the Starbucks phenomenon

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Jan 11, 2024, 07:15 AM

Jan 2024

Their coffee is bitter. It’s way over-priced. There stores in NYC are too crowded.

Mocca frappa whatevah. I’ll brew my own.

doc03

(36,964 posts)

3. I don't either Starbucks has a line at the drive through stretching around the store

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 11, 2024, 09:12 AM

Jan 2024

and on to the street. It isn't even coffee they use a shot of expresso, what is it 2 ounces, and top it off with
milk and syrup. If you look up the nutritional value it is worse than fast food, loaded with sugar and fat. People willingly
pay more than $6 for it.

2naSalit

(93,505 posts)

2. Primary reason I won't buy their coffee...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Jan 11, 2024, 07:41 AM

Jan 2024

This coffee snob buys fair trade coffee only, unless I'm at a restaurant or some place where I can't choose. I pay about $0.85 -$1.50 more/lbs and I am fine with that. I mail order it from a friend who is a roaster and ONLY uses fair trade beans. I will pay a little more to know that I am not contributing to horrid conditions for those who produce my morning luxury.