I wish to… Swish!
I like clothes and I like shopping for them but over Christmas I looked at my wardrobe and decided enough was enough; no more fast fashion, and I’ve been looking for guilt free shopping...
Category: Fair trade
Traidcraft Geobar is 10 years old
Sometime in late March 1999 Waitrose received its first delivery of Geobars and my favourite snackbar was born. Of course, I’m a little bit biased as I was part of the launch team that...
Looking Behind the Labels
Social labels have stepped up their outreach striking deals with McDonald’s – who sell Rainforest Alliance coffee – and just this month, Cadbury Dairy Milk has gone Fairtrade causing a hullabaloo with more stringent...
Meat Free Mondays
Having messed around with my family’s food and drink options during Fairtrade Fortnight, I’ve decided to sneakily introduce Meat Free Mondays at a time when their defences are low. Before I move on to...
Record Shakers!
Just a glimpse of one of those ‘You don’t have to be crazy to work here.. but it helps’ notices is normally enough to send a shiver down my spine. Today however, everyone at...
Somebody Else’s Problem?
In the run up to Go Banana’s For Fairtrade day, which is tomorrow (6th March), we here at Ethical Superstore have been racking our brains to come up with the most creative, entertaining, bizarre,...
One week gone and I’m still optimistic
So week one of my ESS challenge is successfully completed. For those of you who missed my first blog, I am trying to only eat and drink things that you can buy from the...
Let ethical retail therapy work its magic..
The Spring People Tree catalogue has just plopped onto my door mat and my Fairtrade Fortnight pledge has come up trumps – what better way to stick to buying only organic and fair trade...
A Divine Cocoa Breakfast
This morning, Ethical Superstore was proud to welcome two of the cocoa famers from the Kuapa Kokoo Fairtrade cocoa cooperative, located in Ghana, West Africa. The cocoa that this co-operative grows, cuts and dries...
EthicalSuperstore.com Goes Bananas For Fairtrade!
A banana-based frenzy broke out at Ethical Superstore this lunchtime. As part of the Fairtrade Foundation’s Fairtrade Fortnight celebrations, we’re in training for the world’s biggest Fairtrade banana-eating record attempt. You can join in...