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Yes?
Bob Wolff, a part-owner of a local coffee shop called Regular Joe's, was one of many locals who spoke out publicly on Starbucks' behalf. He said he studied the competition and learned that Starbucks is one of the most socially and environmentally progressive corporations in the land. He bought stock.
"It is very clear that whoever was responsible for the mischief at Starbucks made some wrong assumptions about big corporations and Starbucks," said Bob Kunkel, who heads up business development for the city of Durango.
No.
When Global Exchange decided to make Starbucks sell "fair trade" coffee, the nongovernmental organization campaigning for more thoughtful and fairer ways of running the world economy planned dramatic demonstrations outside the chain's outlets nationwide.
Within days of the first televised protest, Starbucks executives were visiting the group in San Francisco to discuss how they could offer consumers coffee made from beans grown under more humane conditions, and sold at more remunerative prices for poverty-stricken growers.
Starbucks doesn't sell fair-trade coffee because it occurred to them to do so. It sells fair-trade coffee because of people power and political campaigning.
Cruditiy of the vandalism aside, nice to see where our priorities are at - rushing to the defense of a chain store.
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