Fair Trade Shop
An article from one of our members called "Fair Trade - So What Is It?"
Our shop is usually open on the 1st Saturday of each month in St Mary's church hall from 10 to 12 noon. High quality goods and foodstuffs from produces throughout the world who recive fair prices and fair working conditions.
Below is an extract from the fair trade web site:
- Sales of products with the FAIRTRADE Mark are now running at a rate of £200m a year
- Sales of products with the FAIRTRADE Mark grew by 40% to £195m in 2005
- Over 1,500 Fairtrade products are now available – an 80% increase from 850 in 2005 – and 40% of shoppers have bought Fairtrade products
- 301 producer groups from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia are now benefiting from selling to the UK Fairtrade market, up 50% from 197 last year
- Companies are making major announcements about furthering their commitment to Fairtrade, including Marks & Spencer – which in a groundbreaking move is switching all its tea and coffee to Fairtrade certified – Virgin Trains and Sainsbury’s. Other major retailers such as the Co-op, Tesco, Asda and Waitrose are also undertaking significant activity.
New research reveals that, while the concept of Fairtrade continues to grow in popularity with the UK public, products must become more visible in shops and cafes for Fairtrade to influence people’s often entrenched shopping habits.
