Action Alert
Singer/songwriter Neil Young recently struck a sour note with Starbucks when he wrote that he’d waited in line for his last cup of Joe imprinted with the famous mermaid logo.
It seems Young learned that Starbucks is a member of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), the multi-billion-dollar lobbying group that is suing to overturn Vermont’s GMO
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November 25, 2014
Starbucks has an image of being a socially responsible, environmentally friendly company. In 2013, 95 percent of their coffee was ethically sourced, and their goal is to reach 100 percent by 2015. Read more
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November 18, 2014
Starbucks Corp. said Monday it had been wrongly accused in online petitions of supporting a Grocery Manufacturers Association lawsuit to block Vermont's GMO labeling law. Read more
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November 16, 2014
The legendary rocker announced that he's boycotting Starbucks over the coffee monolith's alleged involvement in a lawsuit in Vermont regarding the labeling of genetically modified ingredients.
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October 9, 2014
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has joined Green America, Food Democracy Now!, Friends of the Earth and other groups in a consumer campaign urging Starbucks to use organic milk in products sold in the company's 20,000 stores worldwide. Read more
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October 3, 2014
In the seven months since GMO Inside launched its campaign pressuring Starbucks to ditch conventional milk from cows fed GMOs in favor of organic milk, more than 150,000 consumers have formally petitioned Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to do just that. Read more
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October 4, 2014
Starbucks Corp. is facing increasing pressure from consumers to switch to organic milk -- but be prepared to open your wallet if that actually happens, experts say. Read more
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Branding experts say the Starbucks coffee chain has become so massive ”” with 20,000 stores in 65 countries ”” that it could begin to lose its cachet with millennials. So the 43-year-old company has launched its first-ever global marketing... Read more
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September 19, 2014
We stocked our hot beverage center with a variety of flavored K Cups. Then that little voice in my head started asking questions. ... Read more
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September 19, 2014
More than 120,000 people have signed petitions to Starbucks CEP Howard Schultz asking Starbucks to switch to organic milk.... Read more
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