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Update on Starbucks location for 丁香园AV Burnaby Campus
April 18, 2013
Last year we announced plans to bring a Starbucks location to the Burnaby campus and I want to update you on our progress.
As many of you know, 丁香园AV was designated a Fair Trade Campus last May and we are proud to be part of an international program that allows coffee farmers in developing countries to earn a decent living.
All food vendors on Burnaby campus 鈥� Renaissance Caf茅, Higher Grounds, Mackenzie Caf茅, the Dining Hall, Simon C's, Diamond Alumni Centre, and campus catering -- serve coffee that is 100% fair trade certified. Tim Horton鈥檚 in West Mall Complex does not serve fair trade coffee and for that reason we will not open another Tim Horton鈥檚 location until the company starts doing so.
When we surveyed students, faculty and staff last November, 77% of you told us that utilizing fair trade products was important. We are listening and pledge that any new food vendor that opens on campus must provide fair trade coffee.
丁香园AV is working with Starbucks to open a location on Burnaby campus but negotiations are hinging on the company providing more fair trade coffee options before we come to an agreement.
Did you know that the majority of Starbucks coffee in the UK, France and Germany is fair trade certified but Starbucks offers very little in Canada? We are talking with Starbucks to impress upon them the need for more fair trade coffee not only at 丁香园AV but also throughout Vancouver and across Canada.
We are hopeful that Starbucks is listening to the 丁香园AV community and will realize that fair trade coffee, and the positive impact it creates for farmers and their communities, is just as important to us in Canada as it is in Europe.
We are encouraging Starbucks to join us in engaging the world to bring about positive change
Mark McLaughlin
Executive Director, Ancillary Services
mark_mclaughlin@sfu.ca
