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Is German Firm Looking to Challenge Starbucks?

Posted: April 12, 2013 at 8:35 am

With the purchase of its third coffee company in less than a year, German consumer products firm Joh. A. Benckiser (JAB) is spending real money to get its arms around ...
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Dept. of Good Tries: Dunkin’ Fails to Win “Best” Trademark

Posted: November 27, 2012 at 12:31 pm

In a ruling that should really be no big surprise, Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. (NASDAQ: DNKN) has lost its bid with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the ...
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Private Label Woes Growing For Green Mountain (GMCR, KR, SJM, DNKN, SBUX, PEET)

Posted: June 11, 2012 at 3:22 pm

Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) are getting hit today following an announcement by Kroger Inc. (NYSE: KR) that the grocery retailer will begin this fall selling ...
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Smucker’s Drops Coffee Prices: Will Others Follow?

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 8:59 am

Food processor J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) announced this morning that it was lowering the price on its coffee brands by an average of 6% “in response to sustained declines ...
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Green Mountain Boiled Following Earnings (GMCR, SBUX, JVA)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 2:58 pm

Our story last night after Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) reported shares down more than -37% after the company screwed up in just about every possible way. It ...
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Starbucks’ Shares Fall After Solid Results (SBUX)

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 12:59 pm

Coffee merchant Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) must be wondering today what it needs to do to impress investors. For its second fiscal quarter, the company reported revenues of $3.2 billion ...
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Green Mountain Chairman Sold $66 Million in Shares Just Ahead of Dip (GMCR, SBUX)

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm

On March 8th, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) announced that Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) would be making a single-cup coffee machine to compete with Green Mountain’s Keurig system. ...
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Starbucks Hits New High as Coffee Prices Stay Low (SBUX, DNKN)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 11:47 am

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) raised the bar this morning, posting a new 52-week high of $53.37. Almost certainly the share price rise is due to the continued low prices for ...
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Coffee Prices Set to Fall (SBUX, MCD, GMCR, DNKN, KFT, SJM, KKD)

Posted: September 6, 2011 at 1:19 pm

Coffee prices rose steadily from July 2010 to March 2011, before dipping a little, and then climbing back to a price of more than $3/pound. The price today is about ...
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Commodities Watch: Iron Ore Prices Hit China’s Steelmakers; Caterpillar Soars; Lumber Prices Remain Soft; Coffee at Near-Record High (BHP, RIO, VALE, CAT, WY, DHI, SBUX)

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 4:38 pm

Today's report on commodities begins with some sobering news from Chinese steel makers and some roaring news from a maker of heavy equipment. Lumber prices remain low, but arabica coffee ...
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The No.1 Threat To Starbucks: Coffee Prices Soar

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 6:25 am

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has made a remarkable recovery. Earnings rose in the last three quarters. Cost savings driven by 12,000 layoffs and hundreds of store closings in 2008 have significantly ...
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