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Organic Coffee On The Rise Despite A Bad Economy

Categorized Under: Brazil, Central America, Costa Rica, Fair Trade, Financial, Latin America, News No Commented

Producers of coffee need to take notice of a growing demand for Fair Trade organic beans.  In 2009 alone the market sales were at 1.4 billion dollars, which blows away the standard coffee competition.
This is evidenced in the last four years where organic coffee demand has increased by 21 percent on average, compared to only [...]

Peet’s Coffee Extends Diedrich Coffee Stock Merger

Categorized Under: Financial, News No Commented

With the extended expiration date passing on January 29, 2010, Peet’s has announced they will extend their offer to purchase Diedrich Coffee to March 1, 2010. The previous expiration date was December 15, 2009. The original stock merger announcement was November 22, 2009 when Green Mountain Coffee Roaster’s, Inc. had a superior offer to purchase [...]