There are so many licensed companies supplying Fairtrade products that we cannot list them all. What we have done, therefore, is to list those we think are relevant to, and already supply, businesses in and around Keswick. We have included specialist tea and coffee suppliers, some......
UK’s first and largest 100% Fairtrade hot drinks brand with a pioneering history in the Fairtrade movement. Cafédirect’s coffee was one of the first 3 products to be licensed with the Fairtrade Mark in 1994. Now the company markets a very wide range of Fairtrade......
Well-established local supplier to hotel and catering businesses with some Fairtrade lines. Caterite is a large Cumbrian wholesaler, based in Embleton, near Keswick, which has been providing hotels, restaurants, bars, pubs, guest houses and other catering establishments across the county for 40 years. It recently merged......
Founded in 1983, with a strong commitment to quality, Coffee Care supplies Fairtrade teas, coffees and hot chocolates and more. While not exclusively Fairtrade Coffee Care’s Fairtrade offer is impressive (see list). Based in Skipton, the company serves a wide area in North and West......
Online company with a vast range of Fairtrade and fairly traded products. Almost all the products of the Ethical Superstore are – as indicated by their name – either Fairtrade certified, or registered with BAFTS or WTFO, which means that if they are not Fairtrade......
Well-known, well-regarded, Kendal-based suppliers of teas and roasters of coffees with a range of Fairtrade coffees. Farrers supply teas and coffees to the hospitality sector throughout Cumbria. Their Lakeland Tea is particularly well-established and widely drunk (though it is not Fairtrade it is ethically sourced). Amongst the......
Independent Glasgow-based coffee roasters with a long involvement with Fairtrade. Matthew Algie introduced the first Fairtrade espresso beans to the UK in 1997 and in 2004 they launched the world’s first triple certified espresso, and now have six in their range. Currently over 90% of......
Well-established Cumbrian suppliers to catering and hotel sector with a wide range of Fairtrade products. Out of Eden is owned and run by husband and wife team, Ian and Janet Hartley, who founded the business 22 years ago after working in hotels and catering. They take......
Halifax-based tea and coffee company with a large choice of Fairtrade teas, coffees and more. Established in 1990, Pennine Tea and Coffee is an independent wholesaler which has recently come to our attention. It is not a specialist Fairtrade supplier but its Fairtrade range is......
Long-established Newcastle-based specialist coffee and tea suppliers with several Fairtrade products. Ringtons has always been committed to sourcing their teas and coffees in an ethical and sustainable way, and have over the years have developed good, strong relationships with a core group of tea producers,......
A workers’ co-operative committed to ethical business, stocking a very large and impressive range of Fairtrade products. Suma is jointly owned and managed by all its workers and is the UK’s largest independent wholefood wholesaler/distributor, specialising in vegetarian, fairly traded, organic, ethical and natural products. All products are......
A pioneer of the fair trade movement in the UK and founder member of the Fairtrade Foundation. Traidcraft was founded on Christian principles in 1979 to fight poverty through trade. They supply for retail, selling through volunteer stalls, mainly in churches, for workplaces and schools,......