What this is all about?
Next week is the start of
Fairtrade Fortnight. Whilst traditionally not a MoneySaving mentality, products often do not cost much more than own brand and are usually cheaper than brand name goods, so we’d like to tap MoneySavers collective knowledge for the most cost effective way to buy Fairtrade.
What is Fairtrade?
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. By requiring companies to pay sustainable prices (which must never fall lower than the market price), Fairtrade addresses the injustices of conventional trade, which traditionally discriminates against the poorest, weakest producers. It enables them to improve their position and have more control over their lives.
Please post below to share your top tips.
Here's mine to get the hunt started
Co-op Fairtrade chocolate is usually £1.07 (and may be reduced in some stores to 85p at the moment) where as a similar size bar from Cadbury costs around £1.25.