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Frome Wholefoods, Cheap Street Here's Sheila Gore, the owner of Frome’s largest independent stockist of Fairtrade goods. The shop sells Equal Exchange coffees, teas and sugar, Clipper Tea, Green and Black’s chocolate and cocoa, Divine Chocolate, Fruit Passion Juices, and Fireside Cookies. You can buy Fairtrade wine and spirits, nuts, honey and even brazil nut oil.

Sheila, a trained homeopath took over the Wholefood shop five and a half years ago and it has been a buzzing part of the community ever since. She and her manager Elmer run the store between them and carry all sorts of alternative produce from herbal remedies to organic veg, from speciality bread to ‘green’ cleaning products. Many of the store's lines are produced locally. One of Sheila’s team, Celia is a trained herbalist so there is lots of expert advice on hand.

Sagebury Cheese, Cheap Street This exciting and tempting deli is run by Nicki Hillman and her staff and has been in Cheap Street for 9 years. For the mouth-watering cakes that the shop produces and sells, many of the ingredients are Fairtrade like sugar, cocoa and honey.
	Nicki has always felt strongly about selling food produced in the local area where possible and many of her lines are from places in Somerset and the West Country including local honey and chocolate. The tea and coffee stocked by Sagebury cheese, although not part of the Fairtrade scheme is from carefully selected companies that support family plantations overseas.

Oxfam

Oxfam has brought back its range of Fairtrade goods that includes coffee, tea, chocolate and dried fruits.

 Wessex Organic

On Wednesdays and Saturdays you can buy Fairtrade bananas at this stall in the Marketplace. You can also buy locally produced organic fruit and vegetables as well as speciality bread.

Sainsbury’s, Wessex Fields

As Sainsbury’s have launched their own range of Fairtrade coffee, the Frome resident shopping out of the centre has quite a Fairtrade choice. In addition to their own brand of coffee, Sainsbury’s stocks Cafedirect and Percol Coffee and Clipper and Teadirect teas. In their chocolate range you can find Green and Blacks, Divine and Traidcraft as well as Green and blacks cocoa.

Sainsbury’s also sells Fairtrade bananas, Traidcraft Geobars and Friut Passion Juices.

Somerfield, Westway

 Frome’s town centre supermarket, Somerfield stocks Cafedirect instant coffee, Teadirect Tea and Green and Blacks chocolate.

Woolworths, Market Place

If you could do with a quick snack you could pop into Woolworths for a Dubble bar!

Blockbuster, Market Place

Another good chance to stock up on Dubble bars to eat while watching a good film.

Cafés

The Garden Café This friendly vegetarian café serves Brian Wogan and Kaokia Coffees as well as Fairtrade cocoa. Jon Evans and his staff also serve a wide range of superb homemade organic cakes to go with your Fairtrade drink.
	Jon’s team serve great vegetarian lunches and evening meals and the café provides local artists with a venue, holding poetry evenings and exhibitions of photography and paintings.

The Nine Bar Cafe, Catherine Hill

Your reward for walking all the way to the top of the hill is a cosy but smart cafe where you can get a Fairtrade Banana Smoothie, a Fairtrade Iced Mocha as well as many other tempting treats. The cafe has recently started stocking Fairtrade sugar sticks for your coffee.

Andrew’s Coffee House & Bistro

Andrew’s serves a range of Brian Wogan Coffees. Make sure you ask for the Fairtrade coffee to keep the demand going!

Andrew’s is a cosy coffee shop by day and a buzzing bistro by night where you can bring your own wine but not be charged corkage. Andrew himself insists on only serving organic meat and fish and has created a tempting menu which includes many vegetarian dishes.

Tashens at The Black Swan Arts

The Arts Cafe is continuing to stock Fairtrade coffee, tea and hot chocolate. They also serve a range of home baked cakes and wholesome food.

The Bridge Cafe

Situated on Selwood road The Bridge is run by Margaret and Tony Perry who organise a team of volunteers to work there. As well  as all the teas and coffees being Fairtrade, The Bridge sells a range of Traidcraft goods such as dried fruit, Geobars and muesli. If you want to know where to sit and have a cup of Fairtrade Earl Grey tea, this is the place.

The Merlin Theatre Coffee Shop

If you attend a performance at the Merlin you will be able to buy Fairtrade tea and coffee before the show and during the interval. Fairtrade refreshments are also served at post-show discussions.

Cheese and Grain Café

Other Fairtrade Organisations

Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Street

Fairtrade Coffee Mornings, open to the public are held every Tuesday between 10am and 12noon in the church hall. There is also a Tea Shop held every Thursday, 2-4pm.

United Reformed Church, Whittox Lane

The Church uses Fairtrade coffee, tea, sugar and drinking chocolate and also sells Traidcraft products after the Sunday service 11.30-12noon. If you would like to buy Traidcraft products at other times you can contact Margaret Hillman, on 01373 452884.

St Catherine's RC Church, Park Rd

St Catherine’s use CafeDirect Coffee, Clipper Tea and Equal Exchange Sugar.

St Katharine's Cof E, East Woodlands

Currently St Katherine’s use Fairtrade Tea.

Frome Town Council

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NCH Frome Family Centre

Barbara Bacon Book-keeping

Harris and Harris

Travel Angels

Chicken House Publishing

St John's First School

Selwood Middle School

Frome Community College

Probationary Office