Fairtrade Coffee Pledge From M&s

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Fairtrade Coffee Pledge From M&s

Started by Simon, Sep 08 2004 07:52 PM

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Posted 08 September 2004 - 07:52 PM

Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.u...ess/3637876.stm

Marks and Spencer, which has the UK's third largest number of High Street coffee shops, has switched all the coffee it serves to Fairtrade. It is the first UK chain to do so, and it is estimated that the move will double the amount of Fairtrade coffee on sale in the nation's coffee shops.

Fairtrade means farmers in developing countries get paid more than the market price for their beans so they can improve their working and living conditions.

People in the UK are the world's largest consumers of Fairtrade foods.

But, if you ask shoppers what they know about it, there's a high chance many will tell you they have never heard of it.

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Simon

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