Coffee Shortage

reefnut

reefnut

Active Member
Has anyone else noticed a coffee shortage?? Our local stores are out... they have signs saying "Due to Hurricane Katrina, coffee is currently unavailable.
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This is NOT a good situation......
 
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thomas712

Guest

Associated Press
P&G Warns Retailers of Coffee Shortage
09.14.2005, 11:05 AM
Procter & Gamble Co. said Wednesday that its Folgers and Millstone coffee brands may temporarily disappear from store shelves because of a halt in production caused by Hurricane Katrina, but added that it hopes to have some coffee-making operations running soon.
About half of P&G's Folger's and Millstone brand coffees are produced at two factories in New Orleans. The company suspended production at the facilities ahead of the storm.
"Folgers and Millstone coffee may be temporarily unavailable or may appear on-shelf in different packaging until operations resume," P&G said in a statement, adding that it notified retailers of the possible shortages on Monday.
P&G said it is in the process of restoring production at the Folgers plant. The company has more than 50 employees and 50 contractors working to repair equipment, restore phone lines and make the facility water-tight.
The consumer products company said it first accessed its four facilities in the New Orleans area late last week for a damage assessment, but did not provide updates on the other operations.
P&G is continuing to pay all of its employees in the affected region and provide health benefits. At the Folgers plant, the company has 150 trailers to use as temporary housing for the workers and plans to provide free meals to employees.
P&G said it is still assessing the financial impact of the storm and plans to provide more information by Sept. 20.
P&G shares fell 33 cents to $55.21 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
 
takia

takia

Member
HAHAHA!!! I was hoping I found a kindered spirit!! I have been without coffee for a month now... I will only drink Community Coffee or Cafe Du Monde coffee, and I order both from NO... I went throught CRAZY withdraws!!!
 
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thomas712

Guest
Relax Reefnut, just go to work today and steal some from the cafeteria or break room.
 
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thomas712

Guest
Oh I'm a wacky conisour of coffee. I freeze my beans and grind my own for the moring, and I only use RO/DI water. Talk about smooth coffee, oh and I still have several pounds in the freezer so I'm all set for now.
 
bigb

bigb

Member
I had heard about that maybe happening. As of Sunday there was still coffee on the shelves here, and luckily I was out and picked up the big old vat of columbian
 
reefnut

reefnut

Active Member
Originally Posted by Thomas712
I still have several pounds in the freezer
Don't say that to loud... I'll be raiding your freezer in the middle of the night

Unfortunately I discovered the problem to late and wasn't able to stock up but raiding the office's supply is a brilliant idea
 
mudplayerx

mudplayerx

Active Member
I noticed that Sam's Club and Walmart in our area stopped carrying Folgers brand. No big deal to me... coffee is coffee is coffee. If its brown and has caffeine in it, I'm cool
 
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