Posted by Paula on 25 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: I Realized...
You spoke, we listened. Thanks to everyone who participated in our call for submission of your own revelation statements.
We thought you might like to see what others (specifically Anna, Amane, Stephanie, Sarah, Matt, Sean, Luigi, Aimee and John!) had to say. We cannot say it better ourselves, so please keep your eyes peeled for [...]
Posted by Ken on 20 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Coffee & K-Cups
Caribou K-Cups are now available on our web site and Cafe EXPRESS! We have eight new Caribou K-Cups to choose from, including five which are Rainforest Alliance certified and two that are naturally decaffeinated. My favorite is the Mahogany. You’ll also see these listed in our upcoming Spring catalog.
Did you know that Caribou has over [...]
Posted by Ken on 17 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Coffee & K-Cups
We are very proud to announce a new brand to our K-Cup line-up: Café Escapes. Café Escapes are an anytime indulgence. Launching today are Cafe Escapes Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa and Cafe Escapes Milk Chocolate Hot Cocoa. Coming soon will be Café Mocha, Chai Latte, and French Vanilla Café-au-Lait.
The new hot cocoa k-cups will be available [...]
Posted by Mike on 16 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Social Responsibility
Big announcement for us today – we are issuing a Request for Proposals from organizations working on climate change with a focus on 4 specific areas:
Transportation-related emissions
Threats to coffee-growing communities
Building political will
Empowering individual action
We’re making four separate grants – each is $200,000, payable over 5 years – one in each area. This is good news [...]
Posted by Winston on 13 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Fair Trade
Juan Francisco is a small coffee farmer in Nicaragua who is a member of UCPCO, one of our larger suppliers of Fair Trade Organic Coffee. He wrote a nice letter (below) about how his life has changed since he started selling his coffee at Fair Trade prices. The blue sheets below are his scanned letter [...]
Posted by Mike on 11 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Social Responsibility
We are psyched to announce today our plans for the largest single-phase photovoltaic array installation in the state of Vermont (100 kilowatt) on the roof of our Waterbury VT distribution center! We’re expecting to begin construction this spring and have the array operational by summer.
Click here to read the press release and the details.
This project [...]
Posted by Paula on 09 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: I Realized...
Hi Boston -
We’ve enjoyed being in your midst these past few months. We asked for your input to our “I realized” campaign and were delighted to receive such an overwhelming response. We laughed, we cried….
Thanks so much for your enthusiasm! We thought you’d enjoy seeing some of our favorites, starting with one that’s just perfect [...]