'Cheapest shop in NL' popup in A'dam to draw attention to unequal profit distribution
5 years, 1 month ago

'Cheapest shop in NL' popup in A'dam to draw attention to unequal profit distribution

NL Times  

The Cheapest Shop in the Netherlands-popup store is open in Amsterdam on Friday. With this initiative Solidaridad, an NGO committed to sustainability, wants to draw attention to how little money farmers receive for their products, and what that means for society and the planet. In the supermarket consumers pay around six euros for 500 grams of coffee from a well-known Dutch coffee company. So for Black Friday, consumers can buy coffee, chocolate and bananas at the Cheapest Shop in the Netherlands for the same amount farmers receive for their bananas, cacao and coffee. The hidden costs for the planet are 34 cents and the social costs for society are 1.19 erous, according to the NGO The Cheapest Shop in the Netherlands is open on Haarlemmerplein 2 on Friday, 29 November, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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