PRESS RELEASE

19 October 2006

Glossop’s Curly Cornet Café on Henry Street is the first town centre café to switch to using only Fairtrade coffee for its ground coffee drinks. Fairtrade tea will also be introduced as soon as existing stocks are exhausted.

Curley Cornet owner Dave Thomas is fully supportive of the Glossopdale Fairtrade town campaign and following a visit to Africa has witnessed first hand how making a small change in purchasing habits can improve the lives of others. He said “Ensuring that farmers are paid a fair price for their produce helps to provide a better standard of living for their families and gives them the opportunity to access healthcare and to educate their children, things which we tend to take for granted.” What’s more, customers will still enjoy the same great tasting drinks without paying any more for it since he will not be passing on the small increase in cost.

As his business expands, Dave is looking to extend his range of Fairtrade products such as instant coffee, sugar and hot chocolate.

Curly Cornet is open 7 days a week from early until late.

Curley Cornet is the area’s second Faritrade café with The Point at Charlesworth already serving a full range of Fairtrade goods.

Also supporting the Fairtrade campaign is Glossop Volunteer Centre who have now become a Fairtrade workplace. Centre Manager Kath Jarratt said, “As a workplace we are fully supportive of the Glossopdale Fairtade campaign and will be encouraging volunteers and groups who use the centre to follow our lead”.

To find out more information about the campaign log on to www.fairtradeglossop.org.uk.

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Editor’s Notes

1. Photo opportunities – Both the Curly Cornet (01457 852906) and Glossop Volunteer Centre (01457 865722) staff are happy to pose for photographs to accompany the article.

2. Fair Trade is a trading partnership which aims at sustainable development for excluded and disadvantaged producers. It seeks to do this by providing better trading conditions, by awareness raising and by campaigning.

3. The FAIRTRADE Mark is the one independent consumer guarantee that goods on sale in mainstream retail outlets have been fairly traded. The Fairtrade Foundation awards the Mark to products using the core ingredients of coffee, tea, cocoa, bananas, sugar, honey, juice and rice which have been bought from internationally recognised Fair Trade sources. The Fairtrade Foundation checks that Fair Trade criteria have been adhered to. Fair trading relations include:

· A price that covers the cost of production
· An additional social premium for development purposes
· Partial payment in advance to avoid small producer organisations falling into debt
· Contracts that allow long term production planning
· Long term trade relations that allow proper planning and sustainable production practices
· Fair production conditions include:
· For small farmers' cooperatives a democratic, participative structure
· For plantations/factories, reasonable working conditions and minimum environmental standards