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Windmill Wholefoods

A worker's co-op selling fairly traded organic products and a wide range of wholefoods, fresh fruit, vegetables and chilled products. Organic fruit & veg delivery service.
Windmill is struggling to get by, facing competition from the huge Asda-Walmart supermarket nearby - so PLEASE give them as much support as you can!

337 Smithdown Road Liverpool L15 3JJ
Telephone - 0151 734 1919

Liverpool World Shop

Fantastic range of Fair trade food, textiles & crafts, plus environmentally friendly products, right in Liverpool city centre!

71 Bold Street Liverpool L1 4EA
Telephone - 0151 708 7328
www.liverpoolworldshop.co.uk

The Co-operative Group

Co-op supermarkets sell own-brand fair trade coffee, chocolate, wine & bananas. They have progressive policies on animal testing and environmental issues, and are committed to giving customers clear information on product labels.

Besides food-retailing, Co-op businesses include travel agents, funeral services, and of course the Co-operative Bank. Moreover, Co-op businesses are run in accordance with co-operative values and principles - owned by consumer members and run democratically. Profits are invested in the community, instead of going into the pockets of shareholders!

about the Co-op group - www.co-op.co.uk
Find your local Co-op stores - www.cooponline.coop

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Shop Ethically - make a difference!

Buy local: Support locally-owned businesses & local producers, and enrich your community (instead of the distant shareholders & fat-cat directors of big-brand corporations!)

www.buylocalfood.co.uk
www.localfoodworks.org

Insist on a fair deal for workers & growers:
Buy fair-trade products - this ensures that the people who make or grow the product receive a fair price, (instead of being exploited and impoverished by the 'free' market!)

www.maketradefair.org www.fairtrade.org.uk

And, pressure major retailers to ensure that the workers who make their products enjoy decent working conditions & a living wage:

Labour Behind the Label
Ethical Trading Initiative

Buy cruelty-free:
Avoid products & brands that are involved in animal-testing or otherwise involve harm to animals.

Vegan Society
Vegetarian Society
Nature Watch
Uncaged Campaigns

Think about the environment:
Look for products produced in a sustainable way - e.g. recycled, organic etc. Re-use, repair & recycle, instead of buying things new! Avoid products with unnecessary packaging.

Friends of the Earth
Women's Environmental Network
Buy Recycled
Waste Watch
Soil Association

Support ethical companies & boycott unethical companies:
See past the slick advertising & the big brand names - get informed about which companies are harming people, animals & the planet!

Ethical Consumer magazine
Corporate Watch UK
Ethical Junction
Get Ethical
Shop Ethical