More UK shoppers buy Fairtrade products to help Africa
17 Aug '05
3 min read
"In response to growing customer demand, they recently changed all the tea and coffee in 190 Café Revives to Fairtrade only - and it's the first of the major coffee chains in the UK to do so."
Barbara Crowther, Head of Communications, Fairtrade Foundation said: "These figures indicate that ever growing numbers of consumers are realizing that their own actions can have an immediate and positive impact on the lives of farmers in poorer countries. Also, price is not the only concern for consumers when they go shopping - they want the reassurance that farmers in developing countries are getting a better deal. Being able to trade on fairer terms means that farmers and communities in Africa can take matters into their own hands and make poverty history for themselves."
In addition to Fairtrade tea and coffee in Café Revive, Marks & Spencer now offers customers Fairtrade certified fresh produce including avocados, bananas, mangos and pineapples, in its Food Halls. In the UK, sales of products with the FAIRTRADE Mark, which reached £140m in 2004, are doubling every two years. The figure for overall international sales of Fairtrade products in 2004 has exceeded £500m.
The Fairtrade Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD, Christian Aid, New Consumer, Oxfam, Traidcraft and the World Development Movement. These founding organisations were later joined by Britain's largest women's organisation, the Women's Institute.
Famous online clothing store M&S have over 400 stores located throughout the UK, this includes company largest store at Marble Arch, London. In addition, the Company has 150 stores worldwide, including over 130 franchise businesses, operating in 30 countries.
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