Title: Five Reasons to Boycott Starbucks
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Five Reasons to Boycott Starbucks
Boycott Starbucks

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Five Reasons to Boycott Starbucks
Boycott Starbucks
· Kaare Melby
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For related articles and more information, please visit OCA's Protest Starbucks page and our All About Organics page, and our Millions Against Monsanto page. Starbucks. It’s the largest coffee chain in the world, with 20,100 stores, and annual sales of $14.9 billion. CEO Howard Schultz is worth $1.6 billion. It’s a fortune built, by consumers and coffee farmers, for Schultz and Starbucks’ shareholders. But what if consumers stopped buying Starbucks? And instead, sought out companies that promote fair trade organic coffee? And fair trade cappuccinos made with organic milk? The Organic Consumers Association has been pressuring Starbucks for 12 years to change its policies and practices around organics and fair trade. Yet apart from one victory—in 2007, when in response to consumer pressure Starbucks agreed to stop using milk containing Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone—the company has largely ignored consumer demand for organic, non-GMO drinks and snacks.