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New Friends Fair Trade shop in Mathallen Oslo
Last week I was in Norway for the DLF (the Norwegian food trade body) 50th Anniversary Conference. The theme was sustainability. One of the morning speakers drove into the auditorium in a red Koenigsegg. I don’t know what it had to do with sustainability but apparently it’s the fastest car in the world - I wasn’t sure how to follow that! In the evening they had a grand dinner with entertainment, the highlight was Katzenjammer, a raucous band of women playing a fusion of folk & rock.
Arriving at Oslo Central station the next day, I was delighted to find the full range of Divine small bars in three different shops and even the florist was selling beautiful bunches of Fairtrade roses and Divine chocolate hearts.
Onto the newly opened Food Court Mathallen where Friends Fair Trade have a fantastically located stall near the entrance selling the full range of Divine gifts and bars. I gave a presentation telling the story of Divine Chocolate and the farmers in Ghana who grow the cocoa and own the company. After a delicious lunch we were given a guided tour of the food court, a cornucopia of food from around Norway to tantalize the taste buds, I would certainly recommend it to anyone visiting Oslo.
Divine gifts at the Friends Fair Trade shop
Back to the Friends Fair Trade shop to discover a whole world of Fairtrade, as well as everything Divine has ever produced, Pants to Poverty, towels from Gossypium, hoodies from Epona, Dr Bonners Soap, tea from Hampstead Teas and Clipper, coffee from Cafedirect, and a massive range from Traidcraft. They definitely get the prize for the biggest range of Fairtrade marked products any where in the world!
