We have a proud and long-standing commitment to the Fairtrade Movement. For more than 25 years, we have been stocking a variety of Fairtrade products for customers in the Channel Islands.

Our CEO, Mark Cox, reflects on why it is important that the messages of Fairtrade Fortnight are not forgotten after the annual celebration, and how it has a greater impact on our planet than we may first realise.

'ALTHOUGH we have one fortnight dedicated to raising the awareness of Fairtrade, for us at the Co-op, it is something we have passionately supported every day for more than twenty-five years.

Nowadays when you shop, the Fairtrade mark is on a whole range of products. This wasn’t always the case. Back in 1992, when we first began stocking Fairtrade products, there was little awareness or understanding of what the Fairtrade Foundation was about.