Starbucks, Amazon.com Among Companies Helping Tsunami Victims

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Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Starbucks Corp., the world's largest
coffee-shop chain, said it will donate $2 to South Asia relief
efforts for every pound of Sumatra coffee it sells in the U.S.
and four other Western countries next month.
In addition, the Seattle-based company will donate $100,000
to relief organizations, and its stores in Thailand gave all
their profits yesterday to help victims of the earthquake and
tsunamis that struck South Asia on Dec. 26. Dallas-based Kimberly-
Clark Corp. said it's donating $100,000 in cash as well as health-
care products to help survivors.
Starbucks and Kimberly-Clark join Amazon.com Inc., Coca-Cola
Co., FedEx Corp. and Pfizer Inc. among U.S. companies that have
taken steps to provide aid to more than 3 million people in
Africa and Asia who are in need of food and medicine following
this weekend's disaster. More than 80,000 people have died, with
more than half of the fatalities in Indonesia.
``Over the next week, FedEx will be shipping approximately
200,000 pounds of medical supplies from the U.S. to both Colombo,
Sri Lanka, and Jakarta, Indonesia,'' on behalf of four relief
organizations, spokesman Ed Coleman said yesterday.
Amazon.com, the world's largest Internet retailer, had
collected $3.5 million as of 11:30 p.m. New York Time through a
link on its home page that lets customers make donations to the
American Red Cross. Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft-drink
distributor, said it is providing bottled water and other
emergency supplies in Indonesia, India and Thailand.
$220 Million Pledged

Thousands of people are missing across the region, and
deaths from diseases such as dysentery and cholera may mount
unless clean water, food and shelter are provided soon, relief
officials said. Governments pledged at least $220 million in cash
and an equal amount in supplies, transport and military help,
according to the UN.
New York-based Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, said
yesterday it will donate $35 million in cash and medication,
including its Zithromax, Zyvox and Diflucan anti-infectives,
matching the aid the U.S. government has said it will provide.
Other U.S. companies that have announced donations include
Citigroup Inc., the world's biggest financial services company,
which said yesterday it will provide $3 million in aid. Drugmaker
Abbott Laboratories said it will provide $4 million in funding
and prescription drugs and nutritional aid.
Cisco Systems Inc., whose equipment conducts 70 percent of
the world's Internet traffic, said the San Jose, California-based
company and its employees are donating at least $2.5 million to
relief efforts. PepsiCo Inc. said it has allocated $1 million to
relief work in the region.
it is donating $100,000 to the Red Cross and will send
antibiotics such as its Tequin drug and other medicines to the
region.
Wells Fargo & Co., Computer Associates International Inc.,
First Data Corp. and Symbol Technologies Inc. also announced
donations in the last few days.
In addition to Amazon.com, other Internet businesses,
including Google Inc., the most used Web search service, placed
links on their sites for people wanting to make contributions.
``They're playing a huge role,'' American Red Cross
spokeswoman Kara Bunte said. ``Corporate partners like Amazon and
MTV are coming to us and asking ways they can support our relief
efforts.''

Web Donations

Other Web companies, including Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft
Corp.'s MSN either collected donations or provided links to sites
where people could make contributions. Mountain View, California-
based Google made a rare exception to its policy of maintaining a
Spartan main page by adding a link titled ``Ways to help with
tsunami relief'' and giving it prominent display.
Time Warner Inc.'s America Online placed a highlighted link
on its welcome page that allows members to make donations,
spokesman Nicholas Graham said in an interview. AOL is also
donating $200,000 to relief efforts, and the company is matching
employee donations up to a total of $50,000, he said yesterday.
EBay Inc., the largest Internet marketplace, was working on
how it could help in the best way, spokesman Hani Durzy said
yesterday. He said the company's foundation will make a gift to
relief efforts in Asia and EBay was informing sellers of ways
they can place items up for sale with proceeds going to
charitable organizations.
--With reporting by Greg Ahlstrand in Hong Kong, Steve Matthews
in Atlanta, Demian McLean in Washington, Nicole Ostrow in New
York, and Greg Wiles in San Francisco. Editor: Todd.

Story illustration: For more stories about the Dec. 26 earthquake
and tsunamis, see EXTRA <GO> .

To contact the reporter on this story:
Edvard Pettersson in Los Angeles at (1)(323) 782-4234 or
epettersson@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Glenn Holdcraft at (1)(609) 750-4616 or
gholdcraft@bloomberg.net.
 
In my personal opinion, STARBUCKS should NOT say they will give $2 for every pound of coffee they sell! That is complete BS and I will NOT buy STARBUCKS EVER AGAIN..

So many companies are writing checks with out regard, in the MILLIONS... why does Starbucks have to try to SELL COFFEE ...

I call BS on this! And Urge that we start BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS

:bsflag:
 
Apparently StarBucks has other issues as well. They were asked to Donate Coffee to the Troops in Iraq and said "No, we do not give away coffee unless it's a non-profit organization"

And then it was found out that apparently All StarBucks Employees get to take home a Free Pound Of Coffee Per Week as corporate policy.

Turns out the employees are donating their free "pounds" every so often to our Troops in Iraq!

Now can we Boycott Starbucks?

http://www.californianonline.com/news/stories/20041106/localnews/1547631.html
 
I've been boycotting BigBucks (ahem,) I mean Starbucks for the past 10 years, ever since "Friends" made it so F****ng cool to hang at a coffee house! And this monstrosity wastes more business property than all the Wal-Mart, McDonald's, the Olive Garden, Outback steak houses,Old Navy's,Gap stores, and Honda and Toyota dealerships in God's Green Earth combined! If you don't believe me just drive around Metro Atlanta! (Or any large city in North America!)There's one on every F*****ng block there! It is the latter-day McDonalds of the 21st century.
Bow Down To The Java King!You will worship our new recycled,bio-degradible cups as to which we will add a $2.00 surcharge to an already $ 14 (US Fund) cup o' f****ng joe!All in the name of the Earth-Friendly,Eco-Positive, God- Almighty Dollar! :bow: Suckle the Golden Froth from the calve's teet! That's a good little bottom-feeder..... (Does this explain how much Starbucks means to me?)
 
The Tsunami in Southeast Asia is a very tragic occourence and we should help what we can; however, it irritates me to no end when corporations such as Nike, Starbucks, Old Navy, McDonald's et al. "Try" to show the world how much they "care" whenever there is a popular "flavor of the month" cause. It all stinks to high heaven, let's be honest here, they only show that they "care" to get you to buy more of their product, misleading you into thinking that If You Buy Their Product, You're Doing A Good Thing To Heal The World. It's ALL A SCAM! In fact, these companies are probably more concerned that they lost more employees to exploit than the HUMANITARIAN EFFORT they decieve you into thinking that you're doing! It's a sad thing to express, but THINK ABOUT IT!
 
I see a lot of companies throwing in 900k or 1mil, AND matching employee expenses dollar for dollar, now thats a company who's honest ... StarBucks is trying to make it a commercial! They are dead in my eyes!
 
I'll make this brief; you don't know what you're talking about. My wife has been a Starbucks Manager (the highest grossing store in Philadelphia I might add) for the past 5 years. It's attitudes of folks like yours that only see the big green sign and the soaring stock prices. Nobody bothers to look inside the organization where part of EACH store Manager's job description states they will adopt a community organization/charity/social agency of their choice within the community the store happens to "live in" and coordinate volunteers from the stores partners (they are not called employees) to devote time and fund raising for those charities/organizations. I'll have you know that a non-profit company called Phil-A-Bundance, picks up coffee and pastries WEEKLY from the stores and used for homeless shelters and other non-profit care-givers. Starbucks provides agricultural education to the coffee farmers as well as donating equipment and paying top dollar for the beans they grow.

Yes, as a perk, the partners get a pound of coffee a week to take home. In the case of my wife and her store, they took a month's worth 140 pounds and sent it off to the troops themselves with other Starbucks products,

Until you've walked in the shoes of a Starbucks Manager or Partner, I suggest you look deeper than the anti-establishment anti-big business F**KTARDS
that do nothing except collect unemployment and protest so they can see their own faces on the 6:00 PM news!

Get educated. Nobody likes a LEMMING! argue2
 
HizHonor said:
I'll make this brief; you don't know what you're talking about. My wife has been a Starbucks Manager (the highest grossing store in Philadelphia I might add) for the past 5 years.
If it's an attitude, it's because that actions from this Major Player in the Corporate World is really a bit far fetched and uncalled for.

HizHonor said:
It's attitudes of folks like yours that only see the big green sign and the soaring stock prices.
I'll give you that for sure... as of this posting, SBUX Equity is at $62.54 (More than TWICE the value of MICROSOFT) MSFT by the way wrote one check so far for $3MIL So is SBUX worth $62 a share worthy of a $100k and $2 per pound of one type of coffee?

HizHonor said:
Nobody bothers to look inside the organization where part of EACH store Manager's job description states they will adopt a community organization/charity/social agency of their choice within the community the store happens to "live in" and coordinate volunteers from the stores partners (they are not called employees) to devote time and fund raising for those charities/organizations. I'll have you know that a non-profit company called Phil-A-Bundance, picks up coffee and pastries WEEKLY from the stores and used for homeless shelters and other non-profit care-givers. Starbucks provides agricultural education to the coffee farmers as well as donating equipment and paying top dollar for the beans they grow.
So that's very nice, your wife's local store supports local organizations, they probably belong to the Chamber of Commerce in Philly... that's expected, I should hope at least they would do that... But still...

Microsoft gave their employees over $6 BILLION dollars this past year in kickbacks, built an entire school, donated their fair share (just like the Philly StarBucks) and is at this moment sending $3 Million out to Asia... compare Corp Stock Prices above...
Microsoft - $3000000
Exxon - $5000000

CitiGroup - $5000000
UBS/AG - $5000000
Merrill - $10000000
GE - $1100000
HDepot - $500000 + $1/$1 Employee Matching up to $1000 PER EMP
Pfizer - $35000000 !!!
StarBux - $100000 and $2 per pound of "whole-bean Sumatra"
I'm sure we all know they have more than one type of bean.

HizHonor said:
Yes, as a perk, the partners get a pound of coffee a week to take home. In the case of my wife and her store, they took a month's worth 140 pounds and sent it off to the troops themselves with other Starbucks products,
Ditto, as originally reported, but your wife should be able to do what she wants, let the company send off 140 pounds, so if anything, your wife lost out on her own coffee..

HizHonor said:
Until you've walked in the shoes of a Starbucks Manager or Partner, I suggest you look deeper than the anti-establishment anti-big business F**KTARDS
that do nothing except collect unemployment and protest so they can see their own faces on the 6:00 PM news!

Get educated. Nobody likes a LEMMING! argue2
I'm not entirely sure what that means, sorry, I work for the LARGEST Financial Firm in the world... we alone are donating well over $10M just to Asia, AND $1/$1 Employee Company Matching!!!

My Company is known throughout the world as the biggest Philanthropic Organization available... in fact it's Founder created this company just to Increase Philanthropy... We have built schools, churches, hell even an entire Island off the Long Island Sound, as well as the Big Apple Circus FREE for CHILDREN and cover 40% of the Museum of Natural History's Operating Expenses to keep their admission prices LOW for School Field Trips.... our list goes on and No, I don't expect other Companies to be like mine... we are extraordinary.


But $100,000 crappy dollars and $2 per pound of One Type Of Coffee Bean (probably 10% of their potential product inventory) is just bottom line, disrespectful, meaningless... why bother? Dissappointing. Sorry if you took it personally, but numbers just don't lie.
 
hottweelz said, "...
My Company is known throughout the world as the biggest Philanthropic Organization available..."


YOU HAVE NO CONCEPT WHAT STARBUCKS DOES BEHIND THE SCENES AND NOT IN THE HEADLINES. It was my wife's choice as it was her partners to donate. SHE also PAYS for Gift baskets to the Fire Stations and Police Districts that cover her area. THOSE are not donated. Those are GIFTS from her for her and her partner's appreciation for what they do. YOU haven't a clue as to the millions of dollars and pounds of coffee donated by Starbucks. Not only are we stockholders in the company but I also tele-commute to their annual stockholder's meetings and I know EXACTLY what they do and where the donations go.

If you're in the "financial planning business" then you should know that the price of a share of stock doesn't necessarily make it so that a company has the huge assets like YOUR company.

And who would your employer be? Chase? Bank Of America? Fidelity? Wachovia? Meryll Lynch? Salomon Smith Barney? American Express Financial? Morgan Stanley Dean Witter? I've dealt with all of them in one form or another.

YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *owned* BY YOUR EMPLOYER.

What's the big secret? Afraid I might have a story to tell about YOUR company's dealings? Get a grip on reality. Starbucks earns their money the old fashioned way; they earn it. It's called free enterprise and the more green and white signs I see the happier I am and the more certain I know our financial future is solvent and protected. :cool:
 
:N I'm a tech, still think I'm right..
and it's Bloomberg LP.

As far as what Starbucks does with their money in the Philanthropy Dept, we are talking about a Press Release containing Information that THEY offered up... THEY did, so no, I may no know what they do routinely donation wise... but this is the one thing they want us to know about publicly? 100k and $2/pound?

Where's the other Press Releases?

I think the local chairites can take a break for a while and let SBUX put some real money into Asia as I'm sure the charities that you guys say you support probably are as well? correct?

I never said anything about your financial future... and believe me any news you can offer up on Bloomberg LP, I'll take it ;)
 
One Question: What did Starbuck's do when the Southeast was hit by hurricanes last summer? As I recall, oops! That's right, there was nothing to recall!
-Some F**ktard who works 60-70 hours a week for the biggest business of all in this country-the Government. (P.s. look for me on the 6:00 news, I'll be the fat,bearded one in the Birkenstocks with the Starbuck's cup in my hands! )
As I said before, some companies will do anything for the latest"flavor of the month"cause to get more sales.(gotta keep up those profit margins!) It's just a shame that they had to proclaim it to the world while doing so.
(Btw, for 8 years prior to my current field, I had been involved in management and marketing for a few different businesses.)
Peace,Love and a Grande Mochachino Double Frothe Chai Java to all,and to all a good night! ;)Remember kids;Think Locally,Act Globally! ;)
-Just another uneducated LEMMING who really wants to fit in with the Sheeple in their Nikes waiting in line for their Frappuchino discussing the latest Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt movie at the local...... Oh, Nevermind, I might offend.
 
"YOU HAVE NO CONCEPT WHAT STARBUCKS DOES BEHIND THE SCENES AND NOT IN THE HEADLINES. It was my wife's choice as it was her partners to donate. SHE also PAYS for Gift baskets to the Fire Stations and Police Districts that cover her area. THOSE are not donated. Those are GIFTS from her for her and her partner's appreciation for what they do. YOU haven't a clue as to the millions of dollars and pounds of coffee donated by Starbucks. Not only are we stockholders in the company but I also tele-commute to their annual stockholder's meetings and I know EXACTLY what they do and where the donations go. " -HizHonor

You make it sound like these great things are done personally by your wife, not Starbuck's. So, if all this is coming from her pockets, why give Starbuck's the glory and not her? I mean, the money she is paid for working comes from Starbuck's, but the way you're implying it,is that these great actions are coming form her personal income and not even really considered for any compensation from Starbuck's in any kind of gratitude.It's ALL on Her! (Because Starbuck's requires it be done as terms of employment) (Where is the love? )(YOU will set up charitable events for us but we won't help you in any way?!? What kinda s**t is that?!?)
I can appreciate and respect your wife for what SHE (not Starbuck's) does.
And your wife (not Starbuck's) should be commended for what SHE does.

" Get a grip on reality. Starbucks earns their money the old fashioned way; they earn it. " Ah, but is it necessary to be as ubiquitous as houseflies in the Summertime to earn their money "the old-fashioned way" by earning it?
Salute the individuals doing the work, not the organizations they are associated with . For an organization is as only as truly good as all of the people who are behind it. That's the reality.
 
breathe in, breathe out

Happy new year! :invasion:
 
I think you misinterpreted what I said. I also didn't mention one other thing. That is, whatever charity/organization each individual store chooses to support, Starbucks Corporate back them up with matching donations. It's not my wife's "part of her terms of employment" to do it. Starbucks treats their partners better than most corporations do. They have the same benefits (healthcare, 401K, life insurance, paid vacation and holidays) available to their part-timers who work 20 hours a week as they do for the full time partners. When she goes to their yearly Leadership Conferences which are held in a different MAJOR city each year, she and the other District Managers and Store Managers as well as Regional Managers get treated like gold. Every expense imaginable is paid by the company and they are put up at some of the finest hotels in the country. Partner turnover (whether it be due to attrition, transfer or partners leaving for other reasons) is the lowest in their industry. Corporate wide in the past 5 years it has been less than 1%. My wife's store turnover has been '0' for the 5 years she's been at this particular store. Credit goes to her and ALSO to Starbucks HR for giving her the resources for being a better manager and a better person. Okay, I went off the topic a bit but it is related. Starbucks has sent, as of the time of this post one million dollars for aid to the Tsunami victims and their partners have donated another 250K. ALL profits from their Southeast Asian ans Far Eastern stores for the next 90 days will be going towards financial aid to the Tsunami victims. There you have it, Bubba .... Starbucks isn't commercializing anything.... like I said in my original post, it's the attitudes of the anti-corporation people that get the publicity.



Randeaux said:
"YOU HAVE NO CONCEPT WHAT STARBUCKS DOES BEHIND THE SCENES AND NOT IN THE HEADLINES. It was my wife's choice as it was her partners to donate. SHE also PAYS for Gift baskets to the Fire Stations and Police Districts that cover her area. THOSE are not donated. Those are GIFTS from her for her and her partner's appreciation for what they do. YOU haven't a clue as to the millions of dollars and pounds of coffee donated by Starbucks. Not only are we stockholders in the company but I also tele-commute to their annual stockholder's meetings and I know EXACTLY what they do and where the donations go. " -HizHonor

You make it sound like these great things are done personally by your wife, not Starbuck's. So, if all this is coming from her pockets, why give Starbuck's the glory and not her? I mean, the money she is paid for working comes from Starbuck's, but the way you're implying it,is that these great actions are coming form her personal income and not even really considered for any compensation from Starbuck's in any kind of gratitude.It's ALL on Her! (Because Starbuck's requires it be done as terms of employment) (Where is the love? )(YOU will set up charitable events for us but we won't help you in any way?!? What kinda s**t is that?!?)
I can appreciate and respect your wife for what SHE (not Starbuck's) does.
And your wife (not Starbuck's) should be commended for what SHE does.

" Get a grip on reality. Starbucks earns their money the old fashioned way; they earn it. " Ah, but is it necessary to be as ubiquitous as houseflies in the Summertime to earn their money "the old-fashioned way" by earning it?
Salute the individuals doing the work, not the organizations they are associated with . For an organization is as only as truly good as all of the people who are behind it. That's the reality.
 
Call me brother one more time and I'm gonna be an only child! Muwahahahahaha :p:joke Difference of opinion is good. If we didn't have it, just think how boring life would be. :D



hottweelz said:
We all get along, thats what is great about :V we can fight, like sibings :)
 
And imagine if we boycotted every time some company did wrong [/I]somehow? We'd have no where to shop!

Noooooooow I get the Avatar........ ;)
 
hottweelz said:
Noooooooow I get the Avatar........ ;)
I've woken up and smelled the coffee as well.

What have I learned from this thread? (1) I (personally) should never get in a financial debate with hottweelz (I'll lose cause he knows too much) and (2) HizHonor has a great wife.
 

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