Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Brotherhood of the Bean

Brotherhood of the Bean

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Coffee’s anti-cancer link explained: study

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Coffee has been shown to reduce the risk of skin cancer by helping kill off damaged cells that could otherwise turn into tumors, according to a US study published on Monday.

Smucker moves first to cut Folgers coffee prices

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT

BANGALORE (Reuters) – Top U.S. packaged coffee maker J M Smucker Co cut coffee prices by 6 percent for most of its brands including Folgers, on the back of a decline in the cost of green coffee, in a move that puts pressure on its rivals to follow suit.

Smucker Cuts Packaged Coffee Prices 6%

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT

ORRVILLE, Ohio (TheStreet) — J.M. Smucker cut the price of its Folgers and Dunkin’ Donuts brands of packaged coffee as commodity prices for green coffee beans came off decades-long highs. The move to decrease consumer prices for packaged coffee sold in U.S. supermarkets reversed a trend seen earlier this year when Smucker raised coffee prices on four separate occasions in response to soaring …

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