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Caribou Coffee
Caribou Coffee’s sourcing, farm wages, ownership and packaging examined. What Rainforest Alliance certification tells you—and what still needs evidence.
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Who grows your coffee, who gets paid, capsule waste and the price of a daily habit.
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Folgers
Folgers examined through its disputed serving claims, Smucker’s coffee price increases and farmer-support programmes. Evidence without confusing allegations with findings.
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Nespresso
Nespresso’s ethics examined beyond the B Corp badge: actual capsule recycling, child-labour remediation, farm incomes and the recurring cost of its coffee systems.
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Stumptown Coffee
Stumptown’s direct-trade relationships, sourcing verification and ownership examined. Does its higher coffee price translate into stronger treatment of producers?
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Costa Coffee
Who owns Costa Coffee, what its certified beans mean, and how customer safety, workplace pay gaps and reusable-cup rewards change the ethical picture.
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Dunkin’
Dunkin’s ownership, child-labor findings at a franchisee, coffee verification and dairy-alternative pricing explained without treating every store alike.
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Peet’s Coffee
Peet’s new ownership, who pays for farm verification, worker priorities and the true cost of its Cold Brew Pass, with evidence and clear limits.
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Lavazza
Lavazza’s family ownership, price pressures, employee benefits and a misleading compostability ad: what matters when choosing its coffee or capsules.
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illy
Examine illy’s family ownership, B Corp certification, coffee sourcing disputes and capsule recycling—and what its premium price actually proves.
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Tim Hortons
Who owns Tim Hortons, what happened after its app privacy breach, and how franchise accountability and reusable cups affect your everyday coffee.
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