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Keurig's new K-Cups are recyclable but hardly green
2016-04-17 09:06:47| Food - Topix.net
Keurig Green Mountain last year sold more than 9 billion of its traditional single-serve plastic coffee pods - or K-Cups. Zero could be easily recycled.
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K-Cups are starting to get banned
2016-02-25 22:13:39| Food - Topix.net
With upwards of 17 million U.S. households and offices possessing Keurig coffee brewers these days, billions of K-Cups are already ending up in landfills every year. Photo courtesy of Aaron Paxson, Flickr less With upwards of 17 million U.S. households and offices possessing Keurig coffee brewers these days, billions of K-Cups are already ending up in landfills every year.
K-Cups are starting to get banned
2016-02-25 22:07:58| Beverages - Topix.net
With upwards of 17 million U.S. households and offices possessing Keurig coffee brewers these days, billions of K-Cups are already ending up in landfills every year. Photo courtesy of Aaron Paxson, Flickr less With upwards of 17 million U.S. households and offices possessing Keurig coffee brewers these days, billions of K-Cups are already ending up in landfills every year.
Coffee competitors clobber king of K-cups
2015-08-09 05:32:30| Beverages - Topix.net
Keurig's patent on the K-cup has expired, opening the way for competitors including Starbucks. Keurig Green Mountain is losing its grip on the K-cup business, pursued by Starbucks and others now.
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'We were wrong,' Keurig CEO says of trying to force K-Cups
2015-05-09 12:58:13| Food - Topix.net
Keurig Green Mountain Inc. cut its full-year sales and profit forecasts as the company struggles to convince consumers to take up its new Keurig 2.0 brewing system, sending its shares sharply lower in extended trading. Sales of Keurig's brewers have slowed in the past two quarters due to high prices of the 2.0 brewing system, poor initial reviews and confusion over whether the new machine could still brew certain brands.