date:Feb 26, 2014
The Fairtrade Foundation has announced that estimated retail sales of Fairtrade products in 2013 reached 1.78 billion, a 14% increase on sales of 1.53 billion in 2012. Sales of Fairtrade sugar continued to rise with a 25% growth in volume, led partly by sales of the Tate Lyle Fairtrade sugar brand and retailers own label Fairtrade sugar. But the rise in Fairtrade sugar sales was fuelled further still by the inclusion of Fairtrade sugar in products such as chocolate bars, ice cream and other pro