Fairtrade first choice for growing numbers of coffee, wine, and flower lovers

Madeleine Cuff
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Double-digit growth in sales of Fairtrade wine, flowers and coffee reveals continued consumer enthusiasm for ethical products, despite market turbulence

In 2015 UK shoppers ate 88 million more Fairtrade bananas and drunk 255 million more cups of Fairtrade coffee than in 2014, as buoyant sales growth across core Fairtrade-certified markets suggest consumers...

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