Tins of coffee in Waitrose 'showed slaves in Guatemala'

Waitrose removes Saquella Italian coffee from its shelves after 'appalled' customer claims the tins show 'black SLAVES hauling beans while a white plantation owner looks on'

Tins said to bear historic images of black slaves harvesting beans in Guatemala
Shoppers at a branch in Bloomsbury, London, complained to customer services
Beans have now been withdrawn from sale and packaging will be redesigned

By RORY TINGLE FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 05:56 EST, 11 January 2018 | UPDATED: 10:30 EST, 11 January 2018


Waitrose has removed tins of coffee from its shelves after furious customers claimed they showed black slaves cultivating beans while a white plantation owner looks on.

The containers, from the Italian brand Saquella 1856, are said to bear historic images of black slaves harvesting beans in Guatemala, a former Spanish colony.

Shoppers at the upmarket chain's branch at the Brunswick Centre in Bloomsbury, London, complained to staff, who said they were 'shocked and appalled'.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5257991/Tins-coffee-Waitrose-showed-slaves-Guatemala.html

(Posted to remind people that even tiny Guatemala, controlled by the Spanish, used African slaves to make them wealthy. Slavery was a much larger crime against far more sinned against innocent souls than is commonly acknowledged.)