Smucker hikes prices of Folgers, Dunkin' Donuts packaged coffee

Smucker hikes prices of Folgers, Dunkin' Donuts packaged coffee

ROBERT GALBRAITH

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The biggest U.S coffee roaster said it had hiked prices in response to a sustained increases in green coffee costs.

Arabica coffee futures rose to the highest level in almost six weeks on Tuesday, boosted by index fund buying, after major a Brazilian coffee exporter forecast smaller arabica and robusta crops for 2017-18.

Last June, when there were ample supplies from Brazil, Smucker had cut retail prices on Folgers and Dunkin' Brands Group Inc's Dunkin' Donuts coffees by 6 percent.

Smucker said on Wednesday that its K-Cup pods were excluded from the price increase. The company is licensed to make packaged coffee and K-cup pods for Dunkin' Donuts.

(Reporting by Aravind K in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)

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