2005 Annual Report (6Mb, pdf format)
Informe Anual 2005 - en español (pdf format)
Equal Exchange: Twenty-Twenty Visioning
Was it fate or just delicious symmetry? As we entered
our 20th year, we passed $20 million in annual sales. Either
way, for us, it’s a humbling and exhilarating moment.
It was an exceptional year for other reasons as well. We
initiated coffee roasting in 2005 within the walls of our new
home in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. While over the
years we often contemplated a roasting component, time
and again we determined that our energy should be steered
to building understanding and demand for Fair Trade.
Finally, this past August, we were ready to take the leap. We
began roasting and packaging coffee, and thanks to the skill
and sweat and stamina of a key team of people here, we are
producing thousands of pounds of fabulous quality coffee
each day.
2005 was also a year of historic growth. We outpaced
even the previous year’s dollar increase by growing sales
from $16.5 million to $20.7 million. After charitable contributions and worker-owner patronage disbursements, we
realized a net income before taxes of $991,255. Roasted coffee
sold grew by another 500,000 pounds, from 2.5 million
pounds in 2004 to 3 million pounds last year.
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