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De:	"Andrew Mackintosh"
Sujet:	RE: [FTUC] Tesco Fairtrade jam[Scanned]
Envoyé:	Oct 18th, 2007 - 06:44:43

	The fact that they use local strawberries means that by definition they can't be fairly traded, so you must ask yourself what is the only ingredient that is fairly traded? without even looking I know it has to be sugar, because jam is fruit water and sugar right?. To get a fair trade mark the fair trade foundation says "the minimum Fairtrade content is 20% of the dry weight of any one ingredient" (source; Fair Trade Foundation), so a 340 jar of "fairtrade" jam can contain as little as 68g of fairtrade sugar, Fairtrade sugar is £800 per tonne, so each jar contains 5.44pence worth of fairtrade ingredients. So, say the jam is an average £1.90 then 0.02 percent of the product price is from a fairtrade source, I'm not that convinced, I'd go to my local independent retailer and look for Tradecraft or even better Biofair spreads (who actually use fairtrade fruit in their spreads as well as sugar) find the ingredients here http://www.windmillorganics.com/product_search.php?frm_id=psearc&psearc_is_valid=1&brand=0&product=28&veggie=&submit_psearc=Search+Products Regards Andrew Mac Suma -----Original Message----- From: Mark Richardson [mailto:walesfairtrade (at) btconnect.com] Sent: 18 October 2007 11:09 To: Andrew Mackintosh Subject: Re: [FTUC] Tesco Fairtrade jam[Scanned] Tescos say that if they receive 5 customer feedback forms requesting an item they will stock it. Can you and your local Fairtrade group fill in customer requests? However if sales don't follow they obviously won't reorder. Kind regards, Mark Mark Richardson Wales Fair Trade Forum Fforwm Masnach Deg Cymru 07766 015 664 www.fairtradewales.com www.masnachdegcymru.com P.S. DON'T FORGET TO BOOK YOUR PLACE AT THE FAIR TRADE WALES CONFERENCE! 27TH OCTOBER 2007. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Cunningham" To: "Mark Richardson" Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:09 PM Subject: [FTUC] Tesco Fairtrade jam > Hi , > My local Tesco used to sell Fairtrade Duerrs Strawberry Jam then for no > apparent reason it stopped. Which I wouldn't have minded but they didn't > stock an equivalent item. I liked this jam as it was both Fairtrade and > used locally grown Strawberries (Duerrs is a local firm) thus reducing > carbon miles. > > > PSave paper - do you need to print this email? > Regards > > Trudy L. Cunningham > > > > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Fairtrade Universities & Colleges discussion forum > > ------------------------------------------- > > * Powered By TIG Groups http://groups.takingitglobal.org/ > * Group Archives: http://groups.takingitglobal.org/FTUC/messages/ > * To unsubscribe, email FTUC-unsubscribe (at) groups.takingitglobal.org > * My subscription settings, FTUC-settings (at) groups.takingitglobal.org > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.0/1076 - Release Date: > 17/10/2007 19:53 > > !DSPAM:4717391736731927130176!

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