For example a popular ingredient for weight loss supplements today is Green Coffee Bean extract.
It is quite normal for a fair quality batch of green coffee (that is, coffee before roasting) to be 1-2% defective.
In the case of Pure Green Coffee, the trademark is registered to a Tampa company with the generic name Nation Wide Ventures.
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The fantastically named 1aaa American Green Coffee Beans site is run by a coffee distribution company and has loads of information for anyone interested in coffee.
"It's a very interesting experiment capturing a number of attributes, " Sicher said, likening it to Starbucks' Refreshers drinks, which promise "natural energy" from green coffee extract.
In the three months since the green coffee segment aired, lawyers for Oz have sent numerous cease-and-desist letters in an effort to get the ads taken down.
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When he told his TV audience of millions that Raspberry Ketone and Green Coffee Extract capsules can help them burn fat, stores immediately started selling out of the products, and suppliers went into hyper-drive to keep retailers flush with the expensive, Oz-approved supplements.
Einhorn highlighted increased competition in the single-serve coffee market as a threat to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, which does not have the low-cost capacity of new competitors.
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The bankruptcy filing did not affect Tully's Coffee online sales and wholesale business, which were purchased in 2009 by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.
Green Mountain Coffee, which developed the K-cup, is scheduled to post earnings on May 8.
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Even Green Mountain Coffee, a stock that had been under pressure lately, reported strong earnings.
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So is Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, adding factories and wholesale accounts at a frenetic pace.
If Starbucks and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters do not partner, what will the battle field look like?
Bears certainly thought they had sniffed out a nice snack in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR).
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It looks like Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. ( GMCR) short sellers are finally getting their wish.
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Earnings season rumbles on and claimed a major casualty last night in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR).
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters will shift the duties of a top executive toward finding new business outside North America.
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Panera Bread ( PNRA - news - people ) and Green Mountain Coffee, were growing impressively.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) fell 5.7% on Monday, and Monster energy drink maker Hansen Natural (HANS) dropped 8.6%.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has been working at strengthening its distribution channels, which are crucial for its long-term growth.
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One of the latest additions to its pool of private label brands is Green Mountain Coffee coffee cups.
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On the show, Oz did not mention that the study was funded by Applied Food Sciences, which makes green-coffee-bean supplements.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has had a tough year amid heightened competition in the single-serve industry and intense shareholder scrutiny.
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Green Mountain Coffee, where heavy short interest, a rising market and better-than-expected earnings combined to hammer investors betting against those shares.
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David Einhorn announced his short position in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters ( GMCR) in October 2011 at the Value Investing Congress.
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was the worst offender, with a 74% advance that wiped out our 2012 profits on the position.
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These masters of the universe are hardly infallible, witness the way Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) has burned Einhorn of late.
The majority of analysts (57.1%) rate Green Mountain Coffee as a buy.
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