whakatane fairtrade 2011
Trade Aid products from Michelle's continue to be the first choice for me, as Trade Aid ONLY sell Fair Trade products, and Michelle is supporting the local economy in many and various healthy and sustainable ways. Countdown wins hands down for its remarkable selection of Fairtrade chocolate.
Whakatane Pak n Save was runner up in the 2010 national Fairtrade Supermarket of the Year Awards - nominated by yours truly because they took the initiative stocking FT Bananas, and all their FT products were a better price than elsewhere in town. Kapai Whakatane Pak n Save!
[The listings below are only a rough guide as product lines seem to be coming and going more often than I'm in town these days, but I have spotted a few FT bargains in Countdown]
Michelle's Health & Nutrition, 28 Boon Street
TRADE AID Consumables, Soaps AND Crafts
Green & Blacks Maya Gold Chocolate
Dr Bonner Soap products
Pixie's Raw Chocolate Hearts & Tama Toa Bars
Countdown, Commerce Street
Scarborough Fair Chocolate - Milk, Espresso and Mint options. YUM!!!
Whittakers Creamy Milk Chocolate
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate range
Green & Black's Maya Gold Chocolate
Scarborough Fair Tea - Black, Green/flavoured boidynamic - range has shrunk since 2010
Scarborough Fair Coffee - Instant (granulated and powder),Ground and Beans
Caffe L'Affare Organic - Ground (plunger & espresso) - Didn't spot FT blends on last visit
Hummingbird Coffee
Avalanche - Freeze-Dried Instant granulated Coffee - WONDERFUL!
Caffe L'Affare - Drinking Chocolate in Milk, Dark and Mocha flavours - discontinued, possibly?
New World, Kakaharoa Drive
TRADE AID Tea, some filter Coffee & Drinking Chocolate
Green & Blacks Maya Gold Chocolate
Whittakers Creamy Milk Chocolate
Cadbury Dairy Milk & some miniature bars FT
Scarborough Fair Coffee - Organic Instant (powder only), Ground and Beans
Gravity Coffee - Ground
Robert Harris - didn't spot the FT blends on latest visit
Karajoz - ORGANIC ground coffee
Avalanche - Freeze-Dried Instant Coffee & plunger
Scarborough Fair Tea - Green
All Good Fairtrade Bananas, and NO, Dole bananas are NOT an ethical choice.
Pak n Save, King Street
Robert Harris - Plunger, Espresso and Beans - Ethiopian & S American
Gravity - Ground
Avalanche - Plunger, Espresso and Beans
Whittakers Creamy Milk Chocolate
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate range
All Good Fairtrade BANANAS!!!
Also at New World, Opotiki!!
Fresh Market, Lovelock Street
Scarborough Fair Coffee
Scarborough Fair Tea
WHAKATANE CAFES
These cafes are still flying the FT flag, so good on you guys:
Vendor on Richardson Street - Still my favourite, and re-opened for coffee & muffins, May 2011
The Fig on The Strand - Serving Flight 100% Organic FT
Shaz's Coffee Fix Van, often parked by Maraetotora Reserve, Ohope Beach
Beach Haven, Pohutukawa Ave, 70% FT Organic Atomic
Columbus, The Hub, sell FT beans and ground.
Cafes who could get FT Coffee from their suppliers:
I will be encouraging JavaMan to step up, as Eden now have a Fairtrade blend....!
Robert Harris, The Strand Own brand
Baxters, The Strand. Fusion
The Quay, Pohutukawa Avenue. Fixation
JJ's King Street. Excelso
Poppy's, The Strand.
MAIL ORDER FAIRTRADE PRODUCTS
TRADE AID On-line shopping now available HERE. FUNDRAISE with Fairtrade Chocolate from Trade Aid HERE. Recipies, campaigns and more on the Sweet Justice website.
NEW INTERNATIONALIST selling Trade Aid consumables.
NATURE SPOT FT Organic Cotton T-Shirt and Baby Clothes
MICAH CLOTHING FT Organic Cotton T-Shirts, jeans etc
ADDITIONAL NOTES on PRODUCTS
This guide should help you to easily source FT products, but watch out! Some of the PRODUCERS listed offer only one FT certified (cert) product amongst their vast range. The FT Foundation charges a 2% fee to use it's logo, based on the wholesale coffee price, so may be the reason behind non-certification, but as consumers we may view certification as a guide to authenticity. Trade Aid have been selling Fair Trade goods since the 70's; the Fairtrade cert logo was introduced into NZ only a few years ago.
Atomic have four blends; two are FT cert, two are not (60-70% FT and increasing).
Cadbury - One FT chocolate in massive range
Cafe Haus - Three ground coffees in the range at Warehouse; One FT
Caffe L'Affare have many types of coffee in their range, but only one FT cert.
Eden now have two Fairtrade blends
Excelso - At least one FT in range
Fixation - One FT in range
Fusion - One FT in range
Gravity also have many types of coffee in their range, but only one FT cert.
Green & Blacks offer a FT chocolate bar and cocoa, but sell other products not FT, but all are Organic cert.
Hummingbird have no cert on their labels. Trade Aid say they are FT
Organico - ALL products FT and organic
Robert Harris - Many coffees, two FT
Scarborough Fair - ALL products FT, but not all are organic
Switch - ALL products FT and organic. At Vendor
Trade Aid - ALL products FT and working towards organic
Whittakers - One FT chocolate in massive range
