Dumfries Fairtrade Directory The following makers, shops, cafes, hotels and B&Bs in Dumfries have a range of Fairtrade or fairly traded products. We try to update this list regularly. Please let us know of any changes required email dumfriesfairtrade@yahoo.co.uk The range of Fairtrade products is increasing all the time and so is their availability. Fairtrade confectionery – Kitkat, Maltesers etc are widely available. This list gives information about places that offer a wider range, particularly focusing on the smaller, independent shops in and around the town – how many have you been to? Local makers using Fairtrade products in their range Wee Sweetie https://www.facebook.com/weesweetie and http://www.weesweetie.com/ A range of sugar based confectionery including boiled sweets, fudge, toffee and caramels. The majority of every product (at least 80%) is Fairtrade as I only use certified sugars. I also use Fairtrade chocolate, coffee and nuts where possible. Cafes and Takeaways in and around Dumfries serving refreshments with the Fairtrade mark Cornerstone Cafe Dumfries Baptist Church Centre, Gillbrae Road, DG1 4EJ http://dbchurch.weebly.com/ Mrs Green’s Tea Lounge, 16 Queensberry Street, Dumfries (Facebook: Mrs Green’s Tea Lounge) tea, coffee, hot chocolate, confectionery, and bananas. (Also an ever-changing range of incredibly delicious and unusual cakes) Greggs, High Street and at the Burns Statue tea, coffee, hot chocolate and orange juice to take away Marchbanks Bakery, Burns Statue Fairtrade tea, coffee, hot chocolate to take away M&S Café, High St coffees, teas, sugar, jam Starbucks, High St, Fairtrade Coffee The Stove Cafe High Street Fairtrade tea The Usual Place (corner of Lovers Walk and Academy Street DG1 1BZ) Award winning, fully accessible Community Cafe Fairtrade tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Local crafts on sale http://www.theusualplace.org/ Independent Shops in Dumfries with Fairtrade and/or Fairly Traded products Carol Craig Wooden Toys Great King St Fairly traded bags (Earth Squared), and wooden toys (Lanke Kade) Cloud 9 Gallery Irish St Fairtrade tea and coffee served at craft events http://cloud9gallery.co.uk/ Dumfries Larder High St Selected Fairtrade teas, coffee and chocolate. Fairly traded Kilombero rice https://www.facebook.com/thedumfrieslarder/ Oxfam Queensberry St Fairly traded cards, Fairtrade chocolate, seasonal gifts Parrys Friar’s Vennel Wonderful Greengrocer with a good range of Fairtrade and fairly traded foods, as well as local vegetables, eggs and honey. Second Nature Unit 7 Heathhall Industrial Estate Spitfire Road, Heathhall Dumfries DG1 3PH info@secondnatureonline.co.uk www.secondnatureonline.co.uk Wide range of fairly traded Homewares, Giftware, Accessories, Bath & Beauty products, Bamboo socks “our products are mostly fair trade but that they are also selected on the grounds of their eco- friendliness or natural properties. There are still some rugs/soft furnishings etc that do not come to us as fair trade (although we have been to the factories) but we buy them because they are mostly made from recycled or natural materials etc” Strands Great King St, 01387 266666 Fairly traded scarfs and stationery Willow St Andrew’s St Fairly traded clothing, bags, soft furnishings Chain store shops in Dumfries with Fairtrade and/or fairly traded goods Holland and Barratt, Loreburn Centre www.hollandandbarrett.com Fairtrade, dairy free Easter eggs, green tea, energy drinks Fairly traded coconut products including butter, oil & flour Boots, High St Range of beauty products: ‘Extracts’ (own brand) Body butter/lotion/scrub/wash; and ‘Original source’ shower gel Marks and Spencer, High St Food hall : Bananas, roses, cocoa powder, teas, infusions, coffees, some jams, marmalade, some chocolate, and a selection of South African wines. Main shop: cotton wool products, also check online for Fairtrade clothing. see also M&S café Farm Shops etc near Dumfries Kilnford Barns The Glen Dumfries DG2 8PT http://www.kilnford.co.uk/ Café – coffee, hot chocolate, Suki teas. Farm shop – Fairtrade teas, coffee, drinking chocolate, sugar, jam. Fairly traded Eswatini preserves. Loch Arthur Creamery and Farmshop Beeswing Dumfries DG2 8JQ http://www.locharthur.org.uk/creamery-and-farmshop Fairtrade bananas, olive oil, peanut butter and other spreads, tinned beans, chococlate, teas, coffee, cocoa, hot chocolate, sugars, fruit juice, dried fruit. Fairly traded rice, beans, dates, spices, quinoa and crafts. Café serves Fairtrade tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Tarff Town and Country, Lockerbie Road, Dumfries DG1 3PF http://www.tarfftownandcountry.co.uk/ Tel. 01387 261661 Coffee shop Fairtrade Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Bananas (when possible) and confectionery, At the movies Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre, Mill Road Divine chocolate Odeon Cinema, Shakespeare St Ben and Jerry’s ice cream Supermarkets In the following supermarkets you should find Fairtrade products in these product ranges Aldi Annan Road chocolate, bananas, tea and flowers Co-operative Food Troqueer Road tea, coffee, chocolate, bananas,(other fruit, seasonal), flowers (seasonal), sugar, hot chocolate, wine, ale, cotton bags, and barbeque charcoal Lidl Brooms Rd coffee, chocolate, sugar, bananas, wine, biscuits. Morrisons Brooms Road/Leafield Rd fruit, wine, chocolate, confectionery, sugar, teas, coffee, hot chocolate, cocoa Tesco Peel Centre, Lockerbie Rd fruit, nuts, basil, green tea, coffee, hot chocolate, cocoa, chocolate, confectionery, biscuits Tesco Extra Cuckoo Bridge, Glasgow Rd bananas (and other fruit seasonally), flowers, sugar, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, cocoa, chocolate, confectionery, biscuits, wine, ice-cream, cotton clothing and bags. Easter eggs seasonally Further afield New Abbey New Abbey Abbey Cottage Coffees and Crafts Glencaple WWT Caerlaverock Eastpark Farm Caerlaverock 01387 770200 Fairtrade tea, coffee and hot chocolate served in café Hotels and Bed and Breakfasts and Conference venues Cairndoon B & B, 14 Newall Terrace, Dumfries DG1 1LW 01387 256991 Fairtrade tea, coffee, sugar, bananas and a range of other breakfast products are available. Torbay Lodge B & B, 31 Lovers Walk, Dumfries, DG1 1LR 01387 253922 www.torbaylodge.co.uk Fairtrade hot chocolate, sugar and other products when available. Wallamhill House B & B, Kirkton 01387 248249 www.wallamhill.co.uk Fairtrade tea, coffee, sugar, hot chocolate on hospitality trays The Cairndale Hotel, English St Dumfries, DG1 2DF 01387 254111 http://www.cairndalehotel.co.uk Fairtrade tea, coffee, sugar, hot chocolate and biscuits on hospitality trays The Woodland House Hotel, Newbridge, DG2 0HZ 01387 720233 Fairtrade coffee in restaurant Fairtrade tea, coffee, sugar, hot chocolate on hospitality trays Easterbrook Hall: Weddings and Conference Venue, The Crichton, Bankend Road, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway DG1 4TA 01387 702020 www.easterbrookhall.co.uk Fairtrade tea and coffee can be served at events etc on request. There are also regular sales of Fairtrade foods and a wide range of fairly traded products – by Traidcraft . for details www.traidcraft.co.uk or local volunteer representative Judith Mylne judithmylneAThotmailDOTcom follow us! Share this