A recent poll revealed that 100,000 members of the Co-operative Group listed ethical trading, animal welfare and the environment as the major concerns when shopping.  This has encouraged the Co-operative to act quickly and has announced that it will be converting all of its own brand tea, coffee and the rest of its chocolate ranges to Fairtrade.

Further more it has banned the sale of eggs from caged hens, added 66 pesticides to its prohibited list and pledged to reduce the weight of wine packaging reportedly saving 450 tonnes of glass annually.

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