Plans to close the Folgers Coffee plant in downtown Kansas City were announced in 2010 as the company moved production to its New Orleans plant. Here, unroasted coffee beans were stored in the sub ...

The cost of coffee has hovered near record highs on the futures market after droughts in top-producing Brazil and Vietnam. Supermarket brands like Nescafé and Folgers have raised their prices.

From 1909 to 2012, the Folgers Coffee plant roasted coffee for the country and, at the same time, perfumed downtown Kansas City. The former factory was located at the intersection of 8th and ...