Midleton & Youghal Fairtrade Town visits

Youghal & Midleton are well on the road to Fairtrade Town status and businesses in the towns are stocking more fairtrade products, such as the Rendezvous Cafe.

Superquinn lists Fairtrade chocolate

After promising to stock Fairtrade options where they are available, Superquinn have placed their 1st order for Divine chocolate. 4 lines including the new Dark Choc with Fruit n Nuts. And to celebrate Suzanne McHugh was in store at Lucan with Kojo Aduhene & Paul Ayepah from Ghana, who grow the very cocoa that goes into Divine during Fairtrade Fortnight. They are very happy !!

Divine cocoa growers unload in Kinsale

Sometimes you can't make it on your own they say, so Kojo Aduhene & Paul Ayepah from Ghana came to help MD Ger Barry unload another delivery of their own Fairtrade cocoa, in the form of Divine chocolate, in the Kinsale Distribution warehouse. Including fresh Easter Egg supplies and samples of next Christmas seasonal products.

On average a cocoa grower in Ghana earns the same in a year as an average irish consumer spends on chocolate in the same year. €300 ! Fairtrade does make a difference.