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Article: Fair Trade is in the Can: Sam's Club Converts Private Label Member's Mark Premium Ground Coffee to Fair Trade Certified (TM).

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October 1, 2007
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Sam's Club, Cafe Bom Dia to Offer Weeklong Study Grants for 10 Teachers to Visit Fair Trade Farms in Brazil

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Warehouse retailer Sam's Club is breaking a barrier today by converting its ground coffee to be Fair Trade Certified (TM). The first nationally available, private-label Fair Trade Certified ground coffee developed to appeal to mainstream customers, Member's Mark Premium Ground is expected to become a leader in national sales of Fair Trade Certified coffee.

Sam's Club also announces that it has joined coffee roaster Cafe Bom Dia and TransFair USA to offer a summer 2008 weeklong study grant ...

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