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  1. I never (knowingly) have bought any Fairtrade products. Until recently I did not even know they existed – and I work in a catering environment. My teenage children have encouraged me to try to introduce them into the shopping, and have brought me leaflets from school. However, as my shopping is more a trolley dash than a browse, and with a more restricted budget than ever, this has not yet happened. Perhaps more promotion of the products that are available from Fairtrade, I (and several of my peers) will be won over. I am 44 years of age, and even changing in some small way when shopping should make a noticeable difference.

  2. I buy Fairtrade items when that option is available doing the weekly shop – usually tea, coffee, chocolate and bananas. Tesco Fairtrade tea, which has already been mentioned, I’ve found to be a good buy. I think supermarkets are getting better at putting the Fairtrade items alongside the other brands as opposed to filtering them off into specialist areas, where you can’t make direct comparisons on price.

    Slightly off-topic – I was delighted to see that M&S introduced a range of towels made with Fairtrade cotton and wish more clothing manufacturers and retailers would offer these options.

  3. I must admit that I really did’nt know much about fair trade products until this week, after reading several articles about the benefits to the workers in the developing countries, I will definately keep my eyes open when shopping, and make sure to include some Fair Trade products. ” Go Bananas” really helped to make a lot of people aware of the difference that would be made if we all chose some Fairtrade products when out shopping.

  4. I do try to buy Fairtrade products whenever possible. Fairtrade coffee and bananas would be the 2 products that are regularly on my shopping list. At times these can be cheaper than the other options available so it works out quite good.

  5. The concept is grand and if given a choice I will often buy fairtrade products however there is so much discussion over if the extra funds actually get to the intended parties. Sadly we are left to make our choice and hope it in some way lightens the load of poverty.