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

[Judi Lynn]

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

[PJMcK]

1. I don't understand the Starbucks phenomenon

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]

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

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]

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

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.

[Wonder Why]

4. I guess it all depends on your ethics.

[Redleg]

5. I guess it depends on how they define "ethical."

An other example of allowing companies to self-regulate.