Nestle and Starbucks partnership confirmed true

Food giant Nestle (NESN.S) and U.S. coffee chain Starbucks (SBUX.O) are extending their partnership to launch ready-to-drink coffee beverages in markets across Southeast Asia, Oceania and Latin America, the two partners said.

Beverage company Keurig Dr Pepper and Nestlé USA ​said on Monday they have ‌expanded a partnership that includes manufacturing and distribution of Starbucks-branded coffee products in ​the United States and ​Canada.

Burlington, MA — Keurig Dr Pepper and Nestlé USA extended an agreement that renews and expands their strategic partnership to manufacture and distribute Starbucks K-Cup pods in the U.S.

The report, Exploitation and Opacity: The Hidden Reality of the Mexican Coffee in Nestlé and Starbucks Supply Chains, exposes hypocrisy in both companies’ publicly touted corporate social responsibility programs and paints a picture of two major corporations using their influence to trap Mexican coffee farmers in a cycle of poverty to maximize profits. “In the mountains of Chiapas and Veracruz, where Mexico’s coffee thrives, lies a harsh reality that Nestlé and Starbucks consumers never see in their expensive cups of coffee,” the report writes.

It claims that Nestlé profits from water theft, habitat destruction, child slavery and plastic pollution, saying the coffee brand should be boycotted because "Nestlé and Starbucks have a global marketing alliance, in which Nestlé has distribution rights outside Starbucks stores".

Nestlé and Starbucks announce a new collaboration to bring ready-to-drink coffee beverages to select markets across Southeast Asia, Oceania & Latin America.

Nestlé and Starbucks Corporation ... coffee shops. Through the alliance, the two companies will work closely together on the existing Starbucks range of roast and ground coffee, whole beans as well as instant and portioned coffee....

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In 2018, Nestlé acquired the rights to market, sell, and distribute Starbucks’ consumer packaged goods and foodservice products globally, excluding Starbucks’ coffee shops. This deal was valued at $7.15 billion and aimed to expand Starbucks’ reach in retail and grocery sectors worldwide.