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Cafédirect shortlisted for the European Business Awards for the Environment!

Posted by Jacquie, March 21st, 2012, Comments (0)

We are very proud to announce that we have been selected as a UK finalist in the European Business Awards for the Environment! The finalists are shortlisted from all the winners and runners up of the UK’s most prestigious environmental awards. Only a select few can go through to … Read more

São Tomé and San Cristobal hot chocolates launch in Waitrose!

Posted by Cafédirect, November 8th, 2011, Comments (0)

It’s officially a great month for all the hot chocolate lovers out there. We are thrilled that not one but BOTH of our hot chocolates are now available in Waitrose stores across the country. For those that shop in Waitrose, the winter months are saved and sophisticated, luxurious drinks are … Read more

Award winning taste!

Posted by Jacquie, July 28th, 2011, Comments (0)

We’re bouncing around with delight in the Cafédirect offices this week having just heard that we’ve won FIVE Great Taste Awards! The awards, given by the Guild of Fine Food, are like the Oscars for food and are awarded after a rigorous judging process. It’s a wonderful endorsement of … Read more

Are we a sustainable business?

Posted by Whitney, May 26th, 2011, Comments (6)

Somebody (besides us, of course) thinks so!! Last night were were crowned …Winners of the Social Impact category of the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards. Our application focused on our Producer Partnership Programme, the investment we make back into the producer groups we trade with, which has existed since 1996 and … Read more

AdapCC and the MDGs

Posted by Whitney, September 22nd, 2010, Comments (1)

Sound like a funky band name? Lots of acronyms, I know, but they add up to come very exciting news for us. AdapCC? I’m a broken record when it comes to talking about this pioneering collaboration with four of our producer partners and GTZ to support small farmers to adapt … Read more

We're top of the ethical tables!

Posted by Siobhan, September 13th, 2010, Comments (2)

We’re really excited to announce that we’ve been ranked the No. 1 ethical tea and coffee brand in the Good Shopping Guide from the Ethical Company Organisation. Compiled from researching public records, campaign and government information, The Good Shopping Guide reports on and ranks the ethical scores of companies … Read more

Five Gold Stars for Cafédirect!

Posted by Siobhan, July 26th, 2010, Comments (4)

We are delighted to have won FIVE prestigious Gold Great Taste Awards this year for two of our coffees and three of our teas. If you haven’t yet heard of them, the Great Taste Awards are widely regarded as the Oscars of fine food & drink. Each product entered undergoes … Read more

Friday Fun: 'Tis the season … for awards!

Posted by Whitney, February 19th, 2010, Comments (15)

The Brits have come and gone … the BAFTA’s are on this weekend, … and just last night, at the lovely Mansion House in the City of London, Cafédirect scooped up two awards of its own! We put our AdapCC project forward for recognition in the 9th annual Sustainable City … Read more

Nominate Cafédirect for the Green Web Awards

Posted by Cafédirect, November 3rd, 2009, Comments (1)

We’ve been blogging and tweeting about Cafédirect, our way of doing business and our pioneering environmental projects (like AdapCC and the energy saving work we’re doing with tea farmers in Kenya) since February. It’s been a great way to be able to connect growers with people in the UK who … Read more

Great Taste Award winners!

Posted by Siobhan, July 17th, 2009, Comments (0)

Last week, our Decaffeinated Medium Roast Fresh Ground Coffee & San Cristobal Drinking Chocolate were announced as Great Taste Award Winners! These awards are the benchmark awards for fine food & drinks so we were really excited when we heard the news. We’ve been in touch with the growers to … Read more

The word is out…

Posted by Cafédirect, July 7th, 2009, Comments (0)

We’ve had lots of emails from growers in the 13 countries that we work with about winning the Ethical Business Award. If you’re curious to know what all the exitement is about, take a look at the film that the Triodos Bank made about our CEO Anne MacCaig, and … Read more

Ethical Business of the Year – A grower’s perspective

Posted by Cafédirect, June 30th, 2009, Comments (1)

“On behalf of COOCAFE, our ten member co-operatives and our 6,200 coffee producers, we send a special congratulations to Cafédirect’s Chief Executive Anne MacCaig for winning the 2009 Ethical Business of the Year Award. This prize isn’t just the result of the work and energies of a successful businesswoman, … Read more

Inspiring Women, Ethical Business

Posted by Cafédirect, June 26th, 2009, Comments (5)

The winners have been announced for the best female led ethical businesses in Britain and at Cafédirect we’re so excited that the Ethical Business category has been won by our very own Anne MacCaig , CEO of Cafédirect. In her acceptance speech, Anne spoke about the fact that she was … Read more

Vote now for Anne in the Women in Ethical Business Awards

Posted by Cafédirect, May 21st, 2009, Comments (0)

Hello, my name is Helen, and I’m a coffee-a-holic. To support my habit, I work as the Communications Assistant at Cafédirect so am always busy working on different projects. One of my jobs recently has been working with our Anne MacCaig, our CEO, on the application for the Triodos … Read more

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