I took a day trip down to West Chester, PA to tour Mars Drinks' North American headquarters and packing plant, home of Flavia. What an impressive operation! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1554.0"] First Flavia Coffee Filterpack[/caption] Unfortunately, photography of the production line is prohibited. It is a sight to behold, with high tech equipment and talented
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Category Archives: Environmental Issues
Single-Cup Coffee? 9 Reasons To Choose Flavia
We are the office refreshments experts: we sell Flavia, Keurig, Tassimo, and all of the single-cup office coffee solutions. We turn a huge volume of Mars Drinks filterpacks and K-Cups through our warehouse -- tens of millions of each per year -- so we are equipped to handle any customer need.However, our experience with single-cup
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What Is Rainforest Alliance Certified Coffee? [VIDEO]
This short video, produced to coincide with Earth Day 2011, explains the Rainforest Alliance, and Rainforest Alliance certified coffee farms: Many of the Alterra coffees for your Flavia brewer are Rainforest Alliance certified. Learn more on our Flavia sustainability page. Video source: The Rainforest Alliance's Vimeo page
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We Love Sunny Days!
Check out the difference in energy generated by our roof's solar panels March 20th versus March 21st. As if we needed another reason to be excited for those sunny summer days that are right around the corner! We can't wait to see how much clean solar energy our new solar panels can produce during peak
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What Is Rainforest Alliance Certified Coffee?
The Rainforest Alliance is a non-profit organization (much like the well-known Fair Trade organization), that works with coffee farmers and other agricultural producers to conserve biodiversity and promote sustainability. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1870.0"] Rainforest Alliance Logo[/caption] The Rainforest Alliance works directly with farmers to teach and encourage good land-use practices. Specifically, the Alliance requires the
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Biodegradable Eco-Friendly Water Bottles!
Did you know that in addition to carrying the well-known water brands -- such as Aquafina, Dasani, Evian, Fiji, Perrier, Poland Spring and more -- Coffee Distributing Corp. also offers a 100% biodegradable option? We already sell approximately 50 cases per week of this new, eco-friendly product line, and it's growing fast! Not sure what
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Coffee Distributing Corp. Now Using Green Solar Energy!
Back on December 13th, we announced that we were in the midst of installing solar panels on our two New York warehouse roofs. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1024.0"] Solar Panels On Our Roof Coffee Distributing Corp.[/caption] Well, we're very pleased to announce that the installation has been completed -- just in time to beat the biggest
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The Next Generation Of Fuel Efficient Service Vans
In the past two weeks, our devoted fans over at www.iseecdctrucks.com have been buzzing with sightings around Manhattan of the newest CDC van, #48. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="876.0"] CDC's New Ford Transit Van[/caption] The Ford Transit Van is the newest model in our fleet, being introduced for select repair routes, starting with our vending department.
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