date:Nov 13, 2012
ng in commodities such as coffee, tax lawyers say.
The spokeswoman said the Swiss unit used some of its income to fund farmer support centers and cooperatives in coffee-growing countries to ensure coffee is sourced ethically, although she would not say how much was spent on this.
Alstead denied the world's largest coffee chain channeled profits through tax havens and said it followed the law in every country where it operated.
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