The retailer's entire range of coffee and tea is being switched to Fairtrade in a change M&S estimates will increase the value of all Fairtrade instant and ground coffee sold in UK supermarkets by 18 per cent, while the value of Fairtrade tea is estimated to increase by 30 per cent. Fairtrade coffee will be sold in M&S stores from today, with Fairtrade tea following from April.
M&S already sells Fairtrade-only tea and coffee in its 200 Café Revive coffee shops.
From today, T-shirts and socks made from Fairtrade-certified cotton go on sale in 36 stores nationwide and on Marksandspencer.com.
M&S will increase the amount of Fairtrade cotton it has bought by seven times so that it can extend its range further from the autumn. The retailer plans to develop Fairtrade cotton suit shirts and a range of Fairtrade organic cotton clothing for newborn babies.
'Our customers have told us they care about how our products are made and we want to help them make Fairtrade part of their retail habit,' said M&S chief executive Stuart Rose.
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