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NewsSaturday Essay: Small farmers offer solution to a big problem
Supermarket buyers need to hold their nerve if Fairtrade is to continue growing in the downturn, says Harriet Lamb
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Red Tractor and other labels fail to register with shoppers
It's on £5.3bn worth of UK food and has the support of most of the major retailers. But it would seem few consumers are familiar with the Red Tractor farm assurance logo and even fewer use it to influence their shopping behaviour. Research carried...
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Soundbites
?"Retailers are very aware of the consumer interest in fair trade. It is also abundantly clear that sales are moving ahead at a strong pace. Fair trade products should be displayed in their product group and they should also be well labelled. If...
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'They want it green, but it must be cheap'
There's a lot of talk but is there a real shift in consumer attitudes to fair trade and food provenance? Or is it all just hype? This week representatives from the food industry, government and academia agreed there has been a true move...
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Ben & Jerry's gives ice cream Fairtrade twist
Ben & Jerry's has developed what it claims is the first Fairtrade ice cream to hit the UK and has pledged a long-term commitment to introduce more ethically-sourced ingredients across its entire range. In a move that reinforces the...
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The Saturday Essay
>>TIM LANG, PROFESSOR OF FOOD POLICY, CITY UNIVERSITY, has worries about the future of fair trade and ethical linesI pinched myself listening to Stuart Rose of Marks and Spencer launching Fairtrade Fortnight. Who would have...
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Honours for leading lights
Several of the grocery industry’s leading lights have been recognised for their efforts in the New Year Honours List.Among the most high profile recipients is Alf Carr, director general of the British Frozen Food Federation, who picked up an...
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Nestlé launches Fairtrade coffee
Nestlé is to launch a Fairtrade certified coffee, Nescafé Partners Blend.The freeze-dried instant coffee will go on sale from the middle of this month. It is sourced from five farmer co-operatives in El Salvador and...
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The Co-op’s fair ground
The Co-op has continued to lead the grocery market for fair trade since it launched its own-label Fair Trade chocolate bar in 2000The first own-label fair trade product hit the UK market when The Co-op launched its Fair Trade...
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Fair trade sector comes of age
Fair trade lines have been expanded at a fast pace in the past two years, with more than 900 products now available to UK consumers in the world’s biggest fair trade market. Fiona McLelland reportsThe Fairtrade Foundation is likely...
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The Saturday Essay
>>the fairtrade message is getting through – harriet lamb, executive director, fairtrade foundationThe tsunami in the Indian Ocean led to an outpouring of public generosity that astonished many. At the Fairtrade Foundation we...
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Asda launches its first range of Fairtrade lines
Asda has launched its first range of Fairtrade products.Rolling out to coincide with Fairtrade Fortnight, which began this week, the nine-strong range includes tea bags, coffee, honey and four fresh fruits – pineapple, mango, grapes and...
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Trouble in paradise
The EU’s abolition of banana quotas could spell disaster for Caribbean producers. Liz Hamson reportsWaitrose’s TV campaign for Caribbean bananas at 99p a kilogram paints a utopian picture of a lush heartland of banana production –...
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All’s fair in grocery
Ten years on from the launch of Fairtrade, ethical branding has become big news for retailers. But is the concept in some danger of being exploited for its marketing potential? Carolyn Watt and Sean McAllister...
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Set fair for big things
Any brand that has built an annual turnover of £59m in just nine years might be expecting growth to tail off as its products reached maturity in the market, but Fairtrade Foundation sees this merely as a platform on which to build.Executive...
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Any brand that has built an annual turnover of £59m in just
Executive director Harriet Lamb says the strategy agreed by all the stakeholders is to try to bring Fairtrade into the mainstream and widen its product range, and it has some powerful backing for this, not least from the major multiples. All the...
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Fair or fanciful trade?
Sean McAllister reveals complexities in the cocoa market that deter a major switch to Fairtrade After announcing that all its block chocolate has switched to Fairtrade, the Co-op is now calling on chocolate manufacturers to make at least one...
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Fair or fanciful trade?
After announcing that all its block chocolate has switched to Fairtrade, the Co-op is now calling on chocolate manufacturers to make at least one product in their range carry the Fairtrade mark. “I cannot see why that cannot be done,” says...
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