Unicorn's Recommended - a recommended range with a difference.

"Although we think all the products in this range taste great, they have been recommended with a slightly different criteria in mind. We aim to trade in a manner which supports a sustainable world environment and economy. We trade referentially in products which follow the Fairtrade ethos and alert our customers to the problems of cash crop agriculture. We are concerned that much of world trade is to the disadvantage of poorer nations with a consequence for people’s health and lives. We operate a fund from which to support projects addressing and challenging this imbalance. 4% of our wage costs are contributed to this fund”.
From Unicorn’s ‘Principles of Purpose’.

We know we’re not perfect, and neither are all the products that we sell. It’s almost impossible to avoid involvement in some of the more negative aspects of world trade, and we can’t claim that all the companies we source from are as ethical as we’d like them to be. But we’re trying our best. And we’re also trying to support and promote the ones that are.

So, we've created a file (kept on the end of the tea and coffe aisle, by the Zapatista coffee) full of information about some of our favourite products and suppliers. They’ve been included for lots of different reasons, but they’re the kind of companies we are proud to be involved with, and they’re all doing business in a way that we would like to see become a lot more widespread.

Look out for the green ‘recommended’ apple on products around the shop. Each one will have a page in the file, (which will be updated and added to regularly - feel free to make suggestions) explaining why that product is a bit special.

Our current selection of recommended products can be viewed on the right, or if you missed them, view our previous recommendations.