Since Fairtrade has grown from being a grassrote movement to having the backing of some of the major companies in the world, it has become a big business in itself. The awareness of fairtrade products such as coffee has increased the consumers perception of fairtrade products and what they do for third world farmers. One […]
According to the Telegraph there are some positive changes happening at McDonalds in the UK.
Earlier McDonalds changed their range of coffee over to Rainforest Alliance Products in their 1,200 UK outlets, and now they have done the same with their tea, switching from Tetley tea over to the Rainforest Alliance certified PG Tips which is […]
A large Northern regional food festival will have a global and fairtrade feel this year thanks to a deal with the Co-op.
The Wear Valley Food Festival which takes place on April 12th in Bishop, Auckland will sell Fairtrade food for the first time, tying closer links to third world producers. Among the Fairtrade products for […]
The award winning documentary ‘Black Gold‘ which explores the plight of Ethiopian coffee farmers apparently exposes the corruption surrounding the multi billion pound coffee trade. There will be a special screening of the movie organized by Fairtrade on the 10th of April at 7.30pm at The Friends Meeting House, Silverwell Street, Bolton.
A spokesperson for Fairtrade […]
As the first UK retailer, the Co-operative is switching its entire £16 million worth hot beverage category over to Fairtrade.
The consumer owned brand was also the first one to convert their entire own brand coffee over to Fairtrade coffee, and has now also converted their entire tea category, including the famous 99 tea over to […]
The coffee chain Starbucks, as if any of us needs an introduction to who Starbucks is, recently launched a new customer feedback site called MyStarbucksIdea.com allowing people to suggest changes and new products and vote on them.
There are already signs that Starbucks are listening to their customers suggestions, and hopefully they will listen to some […]
According to an article in the Guardian this week, the rise in commodity prices in the last few years might become a threat to the Fairtrade concept.
In the last few years the price of cocoa and coffee has risen with 150% and 82% (since 2000), resulting in investors moving money into the security of the […]
Fairtrade coffee is not something that is new to the market as it has been around for decade(s). But as far as quality and taste it has come a long way since the early days. These days you have the alternative to buy fair trade coffee in most supermarkets and coffee shops, including Starbucks, Costa, […]
Following our earlier reviews of UK Fairtrade suppliers online, we are this week looking at Simplyfair.co.uk. - Supplier of Fairtrade, organic and sustainable living products.
Simplyfair’s credo is to run their business by providing their customers with certified Fairtrade sources products where available, and offer an extensive range of organic and sustainable products for their UK […]
With the growing interest in Fairtrade products in the UK the number of places to buy fair trade products are also increasing. One of the places online where you can get the best product selection accross a wide range of product groups are Ethical Superstore.
Ethical Superstore has a vision of creating a global change through […]
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