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News Release 27th November 2006TRADERS TAKE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OF FAIR TRADEMichael Fabricant says that "some local retailers and coffee shops are taking unfair advantage of customers wanting to buy fair trade goods. Fair trade coffee is little more expensive than ordinary coffee yet some coffee shops in Lichfield and elsewhere are charging as much as 10p more a cup when the actual cost is little more than one tenth of a penny more. They are using people's goodwill to workers in developing countries to make extra profit for themselves. That has to be wrong and is a form of exploitation of the worst kind. "Meanwhile, some supermarkets are adding on the costs of buying fair trade goods like bananas. I commend the partner-owned Waitrose group of supermarkets which not only do not do this, but also formed the Waitrose Foundation, a charitable group, to assist growers in the third world. "But this should not put people off buying fair trade goods which provide a steady and predictable income to farmers who have long been exploited by unscrupulous landowners." |
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