Recently, the J.M. Smucker Co. announced plans to shutter its downtown Folgers plant in 2012. This made us wonder whether Kansas City coffee drinkers might begin filling their cups with another brand. In St. Louis, when Anheuser-Busch was sold to InBev, Schlafly beer enjoyed a bump in sales because it was suddenly made by the hometown brewery.
So while the smell of roasting coffee is the smell of downtown for many (the Please Don't Close The Kansas City Folgers Plant! Facebook page has more than 6,900 fans), will kitchen pantries still be lined with cans of Folgers after the plant closes? Were they ever?
Is it still Folgers in your cup?online surveys
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I hate to sound like a coffee snob since I don't drink that much of it, but I haven't touched Folger's in years. I do love the smell when they're roasting, though. We prefer whole beans that we grind ourselves, and a big winner is Cost Plus World Market's Kauai Peaberry. We also love the Parisi coffees (yay local) served at You Say Tomato, and many places around town serve The Roasterie. I'd much rather patronize local merchants and vendors when possible.
I suppose I should actually give you the link huh?
www.facebook.com/savefolgerskc
Whether you drink only locally roasted coffee (wait a minute, Folgers IS locally roasted and keeps 200 Kansas City workers employed)or prefer to sip nectar from elsewhere ... please fan the page to try to keep the plant in downtown open, the workers working, the roasting smell wafting and the building occupied.
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