Fairtrade

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We are proud to have been supporting Fairtrade since day one, which was more than 25 years ago.

Fairtrade is all about getting a better deal for farmers, allowing them to have more control over their futures and protecting the environment in which they live and work.

And your Society is proud to stock the largest range of Fairtrade products in the Channel Islands.

What is Fairtrade?

Fairtrade works to benefit small-scale farmers and workers, who are amongst the most marginalised groups globally, through trade rather than aid. This empowers them to maintain their livelihoods and reach their potential. It is an alternative approach that is based on partnership, one between those who grow our food and those that consume it.

The Fairtrade Foundation was formed in 1992 to support producers working in developing countries by:

helping to provide a better deal for growers and smaller scale producers in developing countries
helping the producers tackle their poverty, ensuring sustainable environments and livelihoods
ensuring decent wages and working conditions

To find out more about the Fairtrade Foundation, visit their website.

What do the Co-op do to help?

We do our best to inform, educate and motivate our customers to buy Fairtrade products, hoping to help make a difference to producers in the developing world.

Our products

We stock around 200 Fairtrade products in our larger stores, making our range the largest in the Channel Islands.

All our own-brand hot beverages are Fairtrade, even our iconic Co-op 99 tea. Our Fairtrade wines also tell a story about struggling communities revived and renewed, about schools built, clean water supplied and hope restored.

The variety of products available is always growing. Look out for Fairtrade products such as:

chocolate
cereal bars
biscuits
puddings
ice-cream
honey
sugar
nuts
crackers
beverages
cotton wool

Why not give some of them a go with our Fairtrade recipe ideas?

Chocolate rum monkey bread

This enriched bread dough is packed with spices, nuts, and chocolate, then drizzled with a rum-spiked icing!

Espresso martini panna cotta

Coffee, chocolate and vodka come together in our impressive take on a popular Italian dessert.

Fairtrade chocolate and banana crêpe cake

This layered cake has 25 crêpes stacked up with banana cream and chocolate to celebrate 25 years of Fairtrade.

Fairtrade chocolate and banana loaf cake

Try this delicious cake made using Co-op Fairtrade products

Earl Grey granola

The combination of tea and granola works surprisingly well

Banana breakfast sandwiches

Co-op bananas are all Fairtrade. Here, they’re caramelised and made into an indulgent toastie with dark chocolate.

Sticky banana, cardamom and chocolate cake

Who can resist an upside-down cake? We made ours in a heart-shaped tin, but a round one works just as well.

We always will support Fairtrade

We have representatives on local Fairtrade Working Groups to help with our mission of increasing knowledge and use of Fairtrade products locally.

Along with Co-op Group in the UK, we’re committed to supporting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and improving conditions in our supply chain. We'll continue to promote Fairtrade and develop long term, sustainable relationships and offer the widest range and availability of Fairtrade products.

We hope to help by securing progress in developing countries towards living wages, trade union recognition (where lawful), the end of child labour, reasonable working hours and overtime.