All Fairtrade articles
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The Big Interview
Tony’s supply chain guru on changing chocolate sourcing for good
To fight child exploitation, Tony’s Chocolonely open chain lead Joke Aerts wants to apply its five sourcing principles at scale. How is she going about the task?
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Range Preview
Eggs, cookies and hot cross bun cheddar: what’s new for Easter 2024?
From Tony’s Chocolonely’s ethical Chunky Egg to Ilchester’s quirky Easter cheese, welcome to a very NPD Easter
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Analysis and Features
Cadbury’s 200 years of takeovers, triumphs and transformations
As Cadbury celebrates its 200th anniversary, we look back on the success of its controversial acquisition and its future direction
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News
Sainsbury’s invests in living wages for banana workers
The price Sainsbury’s is paying for every box of bananas now covers the cost of the fruit, plus a premium that is invested into workers’ wages
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Range Preview
Hot cross buns meet panettone in Waitrose’s Easter range 2024
Waitrose is kicking off the Easter season early this year, launching an innovative range of affordable luxury treats for adults
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Georgie Cella, partnerships manager, Fairtrade
Partnership manager Georgie gives insight on her role connecting brands with Fairtrade and her past working to fight food waste
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Comment and Opinion
How to encourage sustainability in a permacrisis
Post COP28, we must take action and understand what is within our control, says Shirine Khoury-Haq, CEO of Co-op
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Analysis and Features
The Grocer NPD Wrapped: 23 most-liked Instagram posts of 2023
NPD flew off the shelves this year from controversial flavours to nostalgic relaunches. Check out the top NPD for 2023
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Comment and Opinion
How important are chocolate ethics to consumers, really?
Brits munch their way through millions of chocolates over Christmas, but is it all ethical?
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News
Fairtrade scales up satellite monitoring of farms amid deforestation crackdown
Land monitoring data will help Fairtrade members trading with Europe prove their farms are deforestation-free
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News
Milk & More extends doorstep fruit & veg range with new organic options
Wholegood sources the organic produce from trusted organic certified growers
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Comment and Opinion
The coffee sector is in crisis. We must address the issues now
Smallholders produce 75% of the world’s coffee yet lack negotiating power in supply chains, says LJ Loftus, deputy director of partnerships at the Fairtrade Foundation
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Category Report
Why chocolate has reached a melting point
Erratic weather is putting ever more pressure on chocolate prices. But certain brands are keeping cool in the face of melting demand
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News
New online Fairtrade grocer launches following collapse of Traidcraft
We Are Fair Trade has officially launched this summer
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Category Report
Why are tea brands being hung out to dry?
Britain’s biggest tea brands are looking high and dry as the cost of living crisis deepens. How can they compete with own-label lines?
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News
Tony’s Chocolonely enters bagged confectionery with Littl’ Bits
The NPD is the result of three years’ development by the ethical chocolate brand
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Grocer 33
Excellent staff seal the win for Sainsbury’s in Dundee
Sainsbury’s was also ‘extremely clean’ and spacious with helpful signage
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Grocer 33
Morrisons takes surprise win on ethical Grocer 33 basket
All the products in this week’s shopping basket were either from B Corp suppliers or had ethical credentials
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Reports
How ethical brands are tackling human rights abuses in supply chains
Some of the UK’s biggest tea brands and retailers received a wake-up call in May
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Category Report
Is sustainability the right direction for Fairtrade?
The Fairtrade Foundation is highlighting its investment in climate as a key selling point. But will that convince shoppers to pay up?