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<P>From: <I>"joy_helbin" <joy_helbin@hotmail.com></I><BR>To: <I>joy_helbin@hotmail.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>Fwd: Fw: fair trade losses, bad news - take action</I><BR>Date: <I>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:59:08 -0000</I><BR></P>
<P>> Subject: [lewishamtjm] Fwd: [london21] London loses fair trade<BR>>coffee at train stations - protest now!<BR>><BR>>Forwarded from the London21 e-mail list:<BR>><BR>>Chris Church <chrischurch@ phonecoop. coop> wrote:<BR>>To: "L21 Newsgroup" <london21sustainabil itynetwork@ yahoogroups. com><BR>>From: "Chris Church" <chrischurch@ phonecoop. coop><BR>>Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:47:53 +0100<BR>>Subject: [london21] London loses fair trade coffee at train stations -<BR>> protest now!<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>A message from London Fair Trade campaigners<BR>><BR>>It is with great disappointment that we have learnt that AMT, which<BR>>serves 100% Fairtrade coffee as well as a range of Fairtrade teas,<BR>>juices and snacks, has lost the contract from Network Rail for their<BR>>outlets in the
following stations:<BR>>London Bridge<BR>>Kings Cross<BR>>Fenchurch Street<BR>>Cannon Street<BR>>Liverpool Lime Street<BR>>Victoria<BR>>Gatwick<BR>>Waterloo<BR>>Charing Cross<BR>>Paddington<BR>>AMT switched to Fairtrade hot coffee and other products in response<BR>>to consumer demand. Customers responded enthusiastically to the<BR>>switch. However the company that has won the franchise does not offer<BR>>any Fairtrade hot beverages or other items. This is really<BR>>disappointing at a time when sales, awareness and demand of Fairtrade<BR>>products are at an all time high.<BR>>Undermining Producer Benefits<BR>>As these 14 bars sell nearly 20,000 cups of Fairtrade coffee each<BR>>day, coffee farmers will lose up to US$10,000 in investment for their<BR>>communities in social premium alone, as well as the stability
which<BR>>comes with Fairtrade contracts and minimum prices.<BR>>What Can We Do?<BR>>Please take action by writing to or emailing Barbara Barnes, the Head<BR>>of Customer Service at Network Rail (contact details below)<BR>>expressing your concern that Fairtrade should be available at outlets<BR>>in these mainline stations. If Network Rail chooses to offer the<BR>>contract to another company, it should be one which offers Fairtrade.<BR>>With London trying to become a Fairtrade City by 2008, it is really<BR>>important that our mainline railway stations, where many thousands of<BR>>people pass through, are leading the way in offering Fairtrade food<BR>>and drink.<BR>>Contact details:<BR>>Barbara Barnes, Head of Customer Service, Network Rail, 40 Melton<BR>>Street , London NW1 2EE ,<BR>>Barbara.Barnes@ networkrail.
co.uk<BR>><BR>><BR>>Dear Barbara Barnes,<BR>><BR>>I am very concerned to hear that Network Rail has decided not to<BR>>renew the franchise of the company, AMT, which offers hot fair trade<BR>>coffee and tea, as well as some fair trade snacks, to travellers at<BR>>outlets in a string of major London stations. It appears that you<BR>>have decided to replace AMT with a company that does not offer fair<BR>>trade products.<BR>><BR>>The purpose of the fair trade movement and symbol on products is to<BR>>guarrantee the producers a fair price for their products and more<BR>>stable contracts. This money is invested in poor communities and<BR>>provides, for example, education for the next generation. Consumers<BR>>in Network Rail stations have shown that this is something they want<BR>>to
support. Now as much as $10,000 of such investment will be lost<BR>>to these communities becaue AMT is no longer trading in London<BR>>Stations.<BR>><BR>>You may have made your decision on purely economic grounds, but none<BR>>of us can live in isolation as climate change has shown. London is<BR>>trying to become a Fair Trade City next year and our mainline<BR>>stations need to offer customers the choice of fair trade beverages.<BR>>Can you assure me that if AMT is being replaced, the new firm will<BR>>offer fair trade coffee and tea?<BR>><BR>>Yours sincerely<BR>><BR>>Sheila Triggs<BR>>President, UK Section<BR>>Women's International League for Peace and Freedom<BR>><BR>>>Dear Diane and Orpington Wilpfers,<BR>><BR>>I have just send the e-mail at the end of this message in response to<BR>>this
appeal. perhaps you can send messages or appeal to London<BR>>members to do so<BR>>Sheila<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>>----------<BR>><BR>>From: lewishamtjm@yahoogroups.com<BR>>[mailto:lewishamtjm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sue Luxton<BR>>Sent: 06 August 2007 19:13<BR>>To: Lewisham Trade Justice Movement<BR>>Subject: [lewishamtjm] Fwd: [london21] London loses fair trade coffee<BR>>at train stations - protest now!<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>Forwarded from the London21 e-mail list:<BR>><BR>>Chris Church <chrischurch@...> wrote:<BR>><BR>> To: "L21 Newsgroup" <london21sustainabilitynetwork@yahoogroups.com><BR>> From: "Chris Church" <chrischurch@...><BR>> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007
11:47:53 +0100<BR>> Subject: [london21] London loses fair trade coffee at train<BR>>stations - protest now!<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> A message from London Fair Trade campaigners<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> It is with great disappointment that we have learnt that AMT, which<BR>>serves 100% Fairtrade coffee as well as a range of Fairtrade teas,<BR>>juices and snacks, has lost the contract from Network Rail for their<BR>>outlets in the following stations:<BR>> London Bridge<BR>> Kings Cross<BR>> Fenchurch Street<BR>> Cannon Street<BR>> Liverpool Lime Street<BR>> Victoria<BR>> Gatwick<BR>> Waterloo<BR>> Charing Cross<BR>> Paddington<BR>><BR>> AMT switched to
Fairtrade hot coffee and other products in response<BR>>to consumer demand. Customers responded enthusiastically to the<BR>>switch. However the company that has won the franchise does not offer<BR>>any Fairtrade hot beverages or other items. This is really<BR>>disappointing at a time when sales, awareness and demand of Fairtrade<BR>>products are at an all time high.<BR>><BR>> Undermining Producer Benefits<BR>> As these 14 bars sell nearly 20,000 cups of Fairtrade coffee each<BR>>day, coffee farmers will lose up to US$10,000 in investment for their<BR>>communities in social premium alone, as well as the stability which<BR>>comes with Fairtrade contracts and minimum prices.<BR>><BR>> What Can We Do?<BR>> Please take action by writing to or emailing Barbara Barnes, the<BR>>Head of Customer Service
at Network Rail (contact details below)<BR>>expressing your concern that Fairtrade should be available at outlets<BR>>in these mainline stations. If Network Rail chooses to offer the<BR>>contract to another company, it should be one which offers Fairtrade.<BR>>With London trying to become a Fairtrade City by 2008, it is really<BR>>important that our mainline railway stations, where many thousands of<BR>>people pass through, are leading the way in offering Fairtrade food<BR>>and drink.<BR>> Contact details:<BR>> Barbara Barnes, Head of Customer Service, Network Rail, 40 Melton<BR>>Street, London NW1 2EE,<BR>> Barbara.Barnes@...<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>Dear Barbara Barnes,<BR>><BR>>I am very concerned to hear that Network Rail has decided not to<BR>>renew the franchise of the company, AMT,
which offers hot fair trade<BR>>coffee and tea, as well as some fair trade snacks, to travellers at<BR>>outlets in a string of major London stations. It appears that you<BR>>have decided to replace AMT with a company that does not offer fair<BR>>trade products.<BR>><BR>>The purpose of the fair trade movement and symbol on products is to<BR>>guarrantee the producers a fair price for their products and more<BR>>stable contracts. This money is invested in poor communities and<BR>>provides, for example, education for the next generation. Consumers<BR>>in Network Rail stations have shown that this is something they want<BR>>to support. Now as much as $10,000 of such investment will be lost<BR>>to these communities becaue AMT is no longer trading in London<BR>>Stations.<BR>><BR>>You may have
made your decision on purely economic grounds, but none<BR>>of us can live in isolation as climate change has shown. London is<BR>>trying to become a Fair Trade City next year and our mainline<BR>>stations need to offer customers the choice of fair trade beverages.<BR>>Can you assure me that if AMT is being replaced, the new firm will<BR>>offer fair trade coffee and tea?<BR>><BR>>Yours sincerely<BR>><BR>>Sheila Triggs<BR>>President, UK Section<BR>>Women's International League for Peace and Freedom<BR>></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div><br clear=all><hr>The next generation of Hotmail is here - <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUK/2743??PS=47575" target="_top">Windows Live Hotmail</a> - update now for free.</html>