Where does our money go? If this 24 square chocolate bar represents where our money goes, how many blocks does each group receive? Shops Chocolate companies UK Government (VAT) Producers of non-cocoa ingredients e.g. milk Government of country where the cocoa is from Cocoa farmers 11286896  

Fair Trade LO: To identify where our money goes with both unfairly and fairly traded products

Where does our money go? Many of the things we buy to eat are made from products grown in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs) such as chocolate, bananas, coffee and tea…WHY? The price we pay in the shop for a bar of chocolate is divided into something like this: Shops 22.5% Chocolate companies (!) 40% UK Government (VAT) Non-cocoa ingredients 17.5% 13% Government of country where the cocoa comes from 4% Farmers 3%

Task Complete the labels on the pie chart to show where our money goes when we buy non-Fairtrade chocolate, and what percentages go to which Group Complete the diagram so that all percentages and labels are written down e.g. Farmers 3%, Chocolate companies____%, etc Colour in the segments in different colours Add more information to each segment to explain what it does eg Shops – pays wages to shop workers...

Do you think this is fair? Fairly traded goods do not necessarily have different percentages to non-Fairtrade goods, but they guarantee farmers receive a certain income The following graphs help to show this…

Fairtrade acts to give the farmer a guaranteed price and also a “Social Premium” (extra money)… unfortunately since none of the other groups want to lose out it means that we, the buyers often have to pay a higher price It is hoped that as more of the consumers put pressure on the shops and producers then the prices will come down without the farmers having to pay the price What do you think the farmer uses the Social Premium (extra money) for?

Fairtrade means…