Coming Together for Action

Coming Together for Action

• Print the Frankenbucks leaflet from the OCA website:

• Go to a Starbucks and ask to speak to the manager.

Show them the leaflet and tell them that as a customer of Starbucks you expect GE-free products that are humanely and sustainably pro-duced.

Ask them for a verbal and written assurance that they will change their policies (i.e., that they will remove rBGH and other genetically engineered ingredients from their coffee beverages and their foods; that they will start brewing and seriously pro-moting Fair Trade coffee; that they will fulfill their pledge to improve the wages and working conditions of coffee plantation workers; that they will pledge never to use genetically engineered (decaffeinated) coffee beans.

• Ask Starbucks to show you that the milk they are using is labeled as rBGH-free (sometimes called rBST).

If you order soy-milk with your coffee, make sure it's labeled as organic or as free of genetically engineered soy and soy derivatives. Ask if Starbucks' baked goods are guaranteed to be free from GE soy, soy derivatives, corn sweeteners, and oils.

• If you order a coffee from Starbucks, ask them to brew it with Fair Trade coffee beans.

If they won't, tell them you will take your business elsewhere.

• Patronize socially and environmentally responsible busi-nesses and products.

If one of Starbucks' competitors is brewing Fair Trade coffee or avoiding genetically engineered ingredients, give your business to them instead of Starbucks.

• Join the Organic Consumers Association and the growing Fair Trade movement across the USA.

Keep informed by visiting our website:

• Call, write, fax, or email Starbucks.

Tell them to send you a written guarantee that they will change their policies on GE foods, Fair Trade coffee, and wages and working conditions of coffee plantation workers, or else you will no longer buy their products.

Starbucks Contact Information:

Mr. Orin Smith, CEO
Starbucks Coffee Company
P.O. Box 34067
Seattle, WA 98124-1067
Telephone: 800-235-2883 Fax: 206-447-3432

email: you can send an email from the Starbucks website:

Note: Starbucks may likely change its email or telephone numbers to deal with the fact that they are being swamped with calls and emails.

Send them a letter or fax if you can, or better yet, visit one of their stores directly and voice your concerns.