Where can I buy Fairly Traded Products Locally?

Full Lists
Full lists of Fairtrade suppliers can be found online for Milton Keynes , Oxford , and Reading .

Supermarkets

Most supermarkets now stock at least some Fairtrade products. The largest range can be found at the Co-op , all of whose own-brand coffee and chocolate are now Fairtrade. Co-op stores also stock Fairtrade sugar, wine, tea, cocoa, juice and a variety of Fairtrade fruits (bananas, mangoes, pineapples, grapes, etc – the selection varies by season). In addition, they are introducing many new products made with Fairtrade sugar and cocoa: biscuits, brownies, cakes . . . even cranberry sauce.

• Asda carries Divine and Green & Black chocolate, Fairtrade coffees and teas by CaféDirect and Clipper, Fairtrade bananas and Fruit Passion juices.
• Budgens carry Fairtrade tea, coffee and bananas.
• Sainsbury’s carry Fairtrade bananas, Geobars, Green and Black’s Maya Gold, Fruit Passion juices and a variety of Fairtrade tea and coffee.
• Somerfield’s offer own-label (and other-brand) Fairtrade tea and coffee, bananas and pineapples, and Divine and Dubble chocolate.
• Tesco carries a wide range of Fairtrade teas, coffees and other products in selected stores. It also launched an expanded own-brand Fairtrade product line during Fairtrade Fortnight this year, which includes (among other things) coffee, juice, biscuits, apples, oranges, bananas, mangoes, grapes, wine and Fairtrade roses.
• Waitrose shops carry a good variety of Fairtrade coffees, teas, and fruits, as well as Fairtrade wines, Divine and Green & Black chocolates and cocoa, Dove’s Farm Fairtrade biscuits and Fruit Passion juices.
• Londis
  Fairtrade products are on the Londis ordering list. Ask your local shop to stock them!

Specialty Shops

Holland and Barrett carry Maya Gold chocolates and Tropical Wholefoods dried fruit. Some are also testing out a Fairtrade honey.

Oxfam Shops generally offer a wide range of Traidcraft goods including pasta, rice and sugar; they also offer Tropical Wholefoods dried fruits, Maya Gold, Dubble and Divine chocolate, CafeDirect and Tea Direct, and (at Christmas time) Village Bakery biscuits and cakes.

Shops Specialising in Fair-Trade Products

Within our diocese, many shops are dedicated to selling fairly traded products. The following are among those selling a wide range.

Abingdon

Abingdon Traidcraft Shop
Part of the joint Abingdon Traidcraft/AfPIC shop, 10 Bath Street. Open daily, Monday through Saturday, 9:30 to 5.

Faringdon

The Mustard Seed
19 Market Place, Faringdon SN7 7HP; (01367) 244821 Open daily, Monday through Friday, 9 to 5, Saturday, 9 to 1.

Grove

The Cornerstone
Grovelands Shopping Centre, Savile Way, Grove; (01235) 772280 Open daily, Monday through Saturday, 10 to 4.

Milton Keynes

The Kiosk
Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Central MK; 01908 230622 Open Monday through Friday, 10 to 4, Saturday, 10.30 to 2.30 

Sust
The Food Centre, Secklow Gate, Central MK; 01908 232255 Open Monday through Saturday, 9 to 5:30, Sunday, 12 to 4.

Oxford

Fairtrade@St . Michael’s
St. Michael at the Northgate, Cornmarket, Oxford; 01865 722505   Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 to 4.

Oxford Quaker Centre
42 St. Giles, Oxford; 01865 310323   Open Monday through Saturday, 10 to 5:30.

Reading

RISC
35-39 London Street, Reading; 0118 958 6692   Open Monday to Friday, 9:30 – 5:30 (7:30, Th), Saturday, 10 to 6.

Woodstock

One Village is an independent foundation begun in 1979. As well as online shopping One Village supplies independent shops all over Britain. You can visit the One Village Outlet shop on the A44 in Woodstock, near Oxford, on the edge of the Cotswolds.