September 30th, 2009 
Roast Master 
There has been a unique collation form in Canada amongst fair trade worker co-operative. Find below the initial release from the Canadian Alliance of Fair Trade Worker Co-operatives. DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY September 30, 2009 The Canadian Alliance of Fair Trade Worker Co-operatives enthusiastically endorses and supports the aims and goals of the First National Forum [...]
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Tags: alliance, canada, co-operative, fair trade, justus!, mexico, planet bean, worker 
Comments Off June 18th, 2009 Roast Master Well, Starbucks is in the news again. It seems the stories just keep popping up everywhere! Just this past week, a new advertising campaign began with Nescafes Tasters Choice instant coffee. The campaign basically questions why exactly it is that Starbucks instant coffee sticks are costing consumers about 400% more than Nescafes Tasters Choice brand. [...]
June 11th, 2009 Roast Master Officially, instant coffee sticks have now hit store shelves. Will this new product replace the old jars of other brands of instant coffee? Do we need another form of freeze dried coffee?? It wasn’t that long ago that Starbucks popped a new, instant coffee product onto store shelves, and now the “Ready Brew Stick” packets [...]
January 29th, 2009 Roast Master Well, its official now! In the city of Guelph, where people love their foods and beverages, two of the cities tastiest small businesses have teamed up to bring an amazing drink to local pubs in the area. F&M brewery’s brewmaster George Eagleson embarked on a mission to create a rich, dark stout with the addition [...]
November 11th, 2008 Roast Master OTTAWA, Nov. 10 (UPI) — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people with milk allergies not to consume certain non-dairy coffee creamers or mixes due to a labeling error. The CFIA said the Dongsuh Frima, Maxim and Nescafe-brand products, all imported from South Korea, might contain milk that isn’t declared on the label. Being [...]
November 11th, 2008 Roast Master Starbucks Profits Fall By 97% In Past Quarter With everything that the coffee giant, Starbucks, is trying to do to turn itself around, nothing seems to be helping. The economic slump isn’t helping one bit either as consumers are slowing down on purchases of specialty coffee from the once dominating force in the coffee industry. [...]
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