BR coffee maker says Walmart pulling product from shelves

BATON ROUGE - The owner of Baton Rouge based River Road Coffees says Walmart is pushing for efficiency at the expense of local brands after the coffee maker’s product was pulled from store shelves over the weekend.Owner Ian Melancon said he wasn’t even notified by the corporation when all of his company’s products disappeared from the shelves of most Baton Rouge area Walmarts over the weekend.Melancon said he made several calls to contacts at local stores as well as