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Welcome Juliet!

We are have been delighted to welcome Juliet into the Good Taste Team, you may even have had the pleasure of meeting her when you come in for your Fairtrade essentials! We wanted to get to know her a bit better, so asked her a few questions about her life in and out of the […]

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My New Favourite Cake!

The Meru Herbs Pineapple Jam has become a staple in our house – mainly for filling my Victoria sponge cakes! It is a very juicy jam, and as such some people might find it a bit too juicy for putting on toast, but it makes the most wonderful ‘pineapple drizzle’ type cake. I’ve put my […]

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Fair Trade Stocking Fillers!

Here are our top 10 Christmas gifts under £5 – perfect for stocking fillers or little ‘extras’ under the tree. Or why not combine a selection and make a fair trade hamper? 1. Bamboo Socks – £4.95 Our famously soft bamboo socks might actually be the best stocking filler ever! Everyone needs a new pair […]

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Spotlight on Swaziland

We have recently started selling some beautiful products from Swaziland, and wanted to find out more about this tiny country as we seek to better understand the lives of the producers we are supporting. 80% of Swaziland’s population live in rural areas, generally working in agriculture and over half live on less that $2 a […]

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Ethical Clothing Brands – Our Top Picks

We recently posted this picture on our Facebook page and it became one of the most engaged with posts we have ever posted. What does that tell us? It encourages us that our customers care about the person who made their clothes and the environmental impact clothing manufacture is having. We were asked by one […]

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Fair trade Summer Sale | Carishea

Carishea 15% Off | 6th – 11th August   This week, only, choose from our wide selection of Carishea products and get 15% off when you purchase!     Our Fair trade Summer Sale deals are a great way to try out the products for the first time. Carishea produces natural products which nourish your skin […]

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Fairtrade Fruity Flapjack

Fairtrade Fruity Flapjack Delicious Fairtrade Fruity Flapjack is perfect for parties. Easy to make and always goes down a treat! This recipe is great because it combines multiple Fairtrade ingredients plus can be adapted to be vegan (by using Vegan Marg) and also gluten-free (by using gluten-free oats). Enjoy!   Ingredients: 175g butter or margarine 100g Fairtrade demerara […]

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Two Years of Fair Trading

On Tuesday we celebrated two years of fair trading with an evening with Ben Udejiofo and Dan Walker from TASTE where we presented them with this years profits – an amazing £5600!! Ben told us his exciting plans for our profits, his project this year is to provide a school in Nigeria, whose water is currently […]

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Meet Chloe Our French Intern

Meet Chloé Our French Intern Over the past 8 weeks Chloé has worked as an intern with us. It has been a lovely experience getting to know Chloé and to show her the Sheffield way of life. We wish Chloé the best of luck with the rest of her studies. Now let’s meet Chloé our French intern. Where […]

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Breaking the Silence on Modern Day Slavery

On Tuesday evening I went to watch the SheFest screening of SOLD at the showroom cinema. The film, which is based on true stories, follows the journey of Lakshmi a young girl who is trafficked from rural Nepal to a brothel named “Happiness House” in Kolkata, India. The film is by no means an easy […]