Tate & Lyle announced today that all their retail sugar would be 'fairtrade' from the very near future & they hoped to convert all their wholsale sugar in the not too distant future. There is some debate about how significant the Fairtrade movement is, does all the premium pri
ce get transferred to the farmers in developing countries for example? However, I'd prefer to buy fairtrade bananas than having to buy those produced in Latin America on plantations subsidised by the American government or Colombian drug barons to launder money. The sugar produced by Tate & Lyle in Belize must be better than either the sugar from the European beet mountain, or sugar from the United States subsidised by the Federal Government. One question: why do I find it so hard to buy fairtrade bananas in my local Tesco's? Get buying more fairtrade supplies please Tesco's!
ce get transferred to the farmers in developing countries for example? However, I'd prefer to buy fairtrade bananas than having to buy those produced in Latin America on plantations subsidised by the American government or Colombian drug barons to launder money. The sugar produced by Tate & Lyle in Belize must be better than either the sugar from the European beet mountain, or sugar from the United States subsidised by the Federal Government. One question: why do I find it so hard to buy fairtrade bananas in my local Tesco's? Get buying more fairtrade supplies please Tesco's! 
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