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Equal Exchange Trading is a UK-based alternative trading organisation. Equal Exchange is a worker's cooperative distributing food and beverage products in the independent natural food sector. The organization's origins stretch back to 1979 "when three voluntary workers returned to Edinburgh after working on aid projects in various parts of Africa."[1]
Company type | Co-operative, Ltd |
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Founded | Edinburgh, UK (1990 ) |
Headquarters | Edinburgh, UK |
Products | Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Nuts, Edible oils, Chapman's nut butters |
Revenue | ![]() |
Website | www.equalexchange.co.uk |
Footnotes / references Founded from the trading activities of Equal Exchange Ltd (formerly Campaign Coffee Scotland) which was founded in 1981. Origins stretch back to 1979. |
Over 90% of the company's products are both Organic and Fairtrade.
Equal Exchange Trading insists on having its teas packed at the source so that the economic benefits of this 'value-added' activity stay in the country and region of origin.[2]
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