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The coffee trade has attempted via matching incremental supply and demand changes to establish a fair coffee base price. While most roasters have been directly negotiated with importers, exporters and cooperatives, sufficient volume was sold via commerce to provide a steady, fair basis price and, in the majority, to allow industry to have a future. Two basic criteria had to be met to remain in the programme: no trees may be chopped in farmers' fields and no coffee pulp could be fired into waterways. There are also two fundamental requirements that may be maintained. The other criteria were for the construction of various shaded trees, the transformation of coffee pulp and other organic waste into compost, the payment of fair wages and housing for employed farm employees. Accurate criteria were adapted to each producer region's physical and climatic circumstances and then transformed into a working plan authorised by the farmer for assessing performance. Single farmers agreed to provide a certain quantity of beans to their cooperatives and then contracted Starbucks. Primary processing was performed in the producing country, either at a central processing facility or on a farmed farm for large farmers, that separated the bean from the skin and pulp. Coffee has been produced in two different methods. Traditionally on a patio or drying machine the cherry was dried in the sun and the dehydrated pulp and pulp were separated from the shell. The boots are pulped, fermented, purified, dried, cut and polished using a lot of water and lots of machinery via a complex and more expensive "wet" process. The wet method generated "arabica washed" beans that were sold at high rates on the global market. Trade In 1998, just six companies controlled 50 per cent of worldwide coffee trading and two big merchants carried out 29 per cent of trade (Neumann and Volcafe). When the government dissolves its export agency, international traders are more involved in producing countries, sometimes financing local export businesses and sometimes connecting directly to big coffee farmers. The roasters who purchased the green coffee beans independently of the following group in the supply chain were mostly imported. Coffee was sold in London, New York, Brazil and London in robust and New York in washed Arabica, often referred to as C-contracts. Roasting The roasters prepared coffee in advance of their final processing and consumption. The roaster generated products according to the input of the client which were sent through the supply chain to farmers. Roughly 70% of the global roasting capacity, while 40% of the retail sector were controlled by the supermarkets Nestl, Procter & Gamble, Kraft and Sara Lee. The rest was handled by 10,000 roasters, specialised in regional and/or specialised products. Coffee represented just 60 to 65% of the manufacturing costs of a roaster at the beginning of 2002. In 2001, gross margins ranged from 15% to 20% for major consumer roasters while operating margins were from 7% to 10%. Coffee may be as low as 5 percent of the cost of a specialty coffee roasting product for retail coffee. In 2001, supermarkets sold over 60% of all coffee in the United States. The coffee margins were extremely low for merchants, and many used it as a loss leader to entice customers to stores. The remaining 1/3 of US coffee sales was acquired by food and restaurant businesses. The margins of food and restaurant service merchants were highly unpredictable since coffee was typically included in the final product and total costs. With the development of the gourmet or specialty coffee industry over the last decade, the coffee sector has seen major changes (see Exhibit 4). Coffee consumption per head has remained steady over the last few of years across most of Europe and the United States, which acquired 25 percent of worldwide coffee exports in 2001, with the exemption for specialty coffees. In 2000, 8 percent of global coffee sales were transformed into the gourmet coffee business. In the United States there are 13,000 MATs. A leader once said, "Starbucks isn't simply a coffee company." "There's more of a lifestyle brand selling coffee," she says. Starbucks payment process Small to medium-sized farms have traditionally been used for coffee cultivation. It was gathered and manually processed on the farm or in a third party mill before it was sent. Some farmers could process and export their coffee by themselves, while others could only process it partially. Farms without processing plants (raw cherry or parchment) sell their coffee on the local market (mills, exporters, co-ops). In general, an exporter operates a factory to regulate the quality of local coffee, eliminate defects and sort customer quality needs. Starbucks requested for coffee samples before packing the products. This print sample was delivered to Starbucks for the testing, ripping and cuping to ensure that the product fulfils the business needs and expectations. After cuping, the supplier was informed of the approval or rejection of the coffee (farmer, exporter, or mill). The coffee was then brought to a Starbucks roasting facility where additional samples were gathered and unpacked. The coffee has been evaluated, roasted and cooked to fulfil the quality standards. Starbucks engaged no new roasters or any part of the process was outsourcing. The whole process was handled by the company. Starbucks now owns approximately 1% of the world's coffee supply. In 2001, the company paid a considerable amount more than market price at $1.20 per pound of green coffee, excluding freight, in comparison to $0.48 in New York C because of its continuous dedication to quality (see Exhibit 5). Almost their coffee was purchased at various prices based on the wholesale market price at the time. During fiscal 2002, 74% of its coffee was bought at fixed prices and 31% through long-term contracts. The company made major adjustments. Their direct purchases of coffee from small to medium-sized farmers and partners have increased from 9% to 59% of their total supply. In 1999 the business took part in the environmental conservation campaign centred on shady coffee with Conservation International, the second significant shift for Starbucks' procurement of coffee. CI was founded in 1987 to preserve the world's natural heritage and biological variety and to demonstrate that people may live in peaceful coexistence with their environment. Conservation International in Washington, D.C. is a worldwide cultural centre. Most of the efforts of the CI were focused on 25 'biodiversity hot spots' or regions with the highest concentration of endangered plants and animals in the world. Although these regions account for only 1.4% of the total land, almost 60% of all terrestrial species have been populated. The CI all participated in the operations of companies, conservation groups, international organisations, governments and private foundations. CI employs 776 people in more than 30 sites on four continents and handles projects. CI hired approximately 3/3 of its staff, of whom 90 percent were nationals. Between 2000 and today, project operations, developments and difficulties The programme in Chiapas asked for CI, every farmer and cooperative to sign agreements. Starbucks may be sold to producers in accordance with the degree to which CI and each farmer agreed particular agricultural improvements and met the qualitative requirements of Starbucks, a growing share of their crops. The boots were produced with the assistance of an international exporter and the logistics provided by Starbucks, the cooperative's main client. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Frontier Organic Coffee, and the Sustainable Harvest Coffee Company are among coffee shopping cooperatives.

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