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		<title>Schmuck Of The Week: Smucker&#8217;s Transparency</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Llewellyn Sinclair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a title="smuckers" href="http://sprudge.com/schmuck-of-the-week-j-m-smuckers-ambiguous-transparency.html" ><img src="http://sprudge.com/wp-content/themes/simplereader/functions/timthumb.php?src=wp-content/uploads/2011/12/smuckers.jpg&amp;w=175&amp;h=&amp;zc=1&amp;q=90" alt="smuckers" class="colabs-image"  /></a><p>More like "Schmuckers."</p><p>The post <a href="http://sprudge.com/schmuck-of-the-week-j-m-smuckers-ambiguous-transparency.html">Schmuck Of The Week: Smucker&#8217;s Transparency</a> appeared first on <a href="http://sprudge.com">Sprudge.com</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>Your Sprudge.com Schmuck of the Week is J.M. Smuckers, the new father of Folgers. <a href="http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2011/08/folgers-smuckers-cs/">According to this feature from Coffee Habitat</a>, Mr. Smuckers presides over the most unsustainable canned coffee in America, available on the shelves of every last Safeway, Publix, Giant Eagle, or even the dreaded Piggly Wiggly.</p>
<blockquote><p>Since acquiring Folgers from Procter and Gamble in 2008, Smucker’s has balked at providing meaningful sustainability reporting. Pressure from corporate investors prompted a first-ever corporate sustainability report. The single page on coffee was disconcertingly deficient in details. The Smucker’s opposed a second shareholder proposal to produce a sustainability report specific to coffee. Only a tiny fraction — half a percent — of the coffee purchased by Smucker’s is certified Fair Trade or organic.</p></blockquote>
<p>Mr. Smuckers can consult a real transparency report <a href="http://counterculturecoffee.com/sustainability/direct-trade-certfied/478-2010-counter-culture-direct-trade-certification-transparency-report">by clicking here. </a></p>
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