Daily Archives: 14 Dicembre 2016

Folgers Coffee – the History and Background of the Folgers Coffee Company

Part of Proctor and Gamble, Folgers Coffee is one of the biggest brands of coffee in America today. Founded in the 19th century in San Francisco, California by J.A. Folger, it took the United States (the largest coffee market in the world) by storm. In 1963, Proctor and Gamble acquired the company. There are eight…

Nonprofit Coffee Project Brings Jobs, Clean Water to Ugandan Village

Fresh-roasted coffee beans are proving to be a viable economic stimulus for a Ugandan village. A Pennsylvania nonprofit focused on social entrepreneurship in Uganda has poured nearly a quarter of a million dollars into the Ugandan economy just through its first pilot venture, coffee. The Christian East African and Equatorial Development Trust (CEED), the nonprofit…