April 2009 Newsletter
Zaytoun on April 5th, 2009Dear Zaytoun customers and supporters,
In this newsletter…
Fairtrade Organic Olive Oil Availability
Churches Support Zaytoun This Easter
Sindyanna In UK This Month
Second National Fair Trade Conference in Palestine
Zaytoun Stock And Ordering
New Pricing
London Events – April
Website: Shops/Distributors Info
Website: Events Info
Fairtrade Organic Olive Oil Availability
The Fairtrade Organic Olive labelled oil will be available from the end of April – Images of the new packaging can be seen on our website and the prices are below.
Zaytoun have already had a lot of interest in the oil since it has become Fairtrade certified and are pleased at the opportunity this is providing the Palestinian farmers to access new markets. Zaytoun would like to say a huge thanks to all of you for your support in making this certification process possible, through creating the market and awareness for the Palestinian olive oil. Five years ago Palestinian olive oil was not available in the UK and it is thanks to the many committed people who wanted to support Palestinian farmers, taking it upon themselves to market the oil to their local community, that this product has built a market here.
One change we have felt already is the interest from wholesalers to list the Palestinian products; the listings in these catalogues will make the oil available to retailers who have not previously sold Palestinian products. The wholesalers who have committed to listing the Zaytoun olive oil and olives are listed below, also mentioned is the area to which they deliver.
Suma – most of UK
Essential – most of South West and South Wales
Infinity – South East
Green City – Scotland
Oxfam Ireland – Ireland
Zaytoun will continue to sell the non certified olive oil; this is still fairly traded and organically grown but has not been through the process of certification. The certification process is a costly and bureaucratic one for the farmers and we would like to continue to build a market for the non certified produce as well. We recognise for many consumers that these certificates are vital in terms of assurance and confidence that the product really is fair trade and organic. We also recognise that many of Zaytoun customers are driven by their passion and solidarity for Palestine and that their commitment is based in the first instance with the fact that the product is from Palestine. Zaytoun aims to provide a transparent supply chain for all products and build closer links with the farmers and consumers where ever possible.
The Fairtrade Organic Olive oil and Olives will be available to distributors from late April onwards. For an order form showing all the Zaytoun range please email order@zaytoun.org
New Website – Thank You for Feedback
We are still working on fixing glitches on our new website and would like to thank everyone for their feedback so far. Do continue to email us on contact@zaytoun.org if you notice anything we haven’t yet fixed.
More Churches Support Zaytoun This Easter
The number of cathedrals using Palestinian Olive oil this Easter and throughout the year for anointing at baptisms etc… has continued to grow and we can now list the following as using Zaytoun from the Holy Land: Arundel Cathedral, Birmingham Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral Coventry Cathedral, Rochester Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral and Southwark Cathedral.
Salisbury Cathedral tell us they are using Zaytoun olive oil for their Maundy Thursday service for the third year running.
Sindyanna to Visit UK This Month
Zaytoun supplier, Sindyanna of Galilee, is in the UK this month. To view their calendar of events see: www.sindyanna.com/9397/Sindyanna_visit_UK_revised_X5a.pdf
Second National Fair Trade Conference in Palestine
The conference titled ‘Fair Trade Conferencing: Taking the Power Back through Creative Resistance’ coincided with the inauguration of the Palestinian Fair Trade Network in Ramallah last month. The conference report highlights that attendees all felt that: “Fair trade in Palestine is definitely a model worth fighting for.” Sadly because of movement restrictions, farmers and cooperative representatives from Gaza were unable to attend. You can download the report from our website: www.zaytoun.org/general/fair-trade-conferencing-taking-the-power-back-through-creative-resistance
Zaytoun Stock and Ordering
As another member of the Zaytoun team goes on maternity leave this month we would like to remind all our customers/distributors to please make sure they are putting their orders through via the Zaytoun main phone line 0845 345 4887 or email address order@zaytoun.org . This way we can endeavour to get them processed as soon as possible.
The wholesale order form is no longer on the website to avoid confusion with retail customers using it. Wholesale customers should email order@zaytoun.org to request the latest order form.
Current Stock: Zaytoun have good stock levels of most items. We are out of stock of 750ml olive oil and the 250g medjoul dates; however we do have the 5kg in stock. The 250g will be back in stock in April.
Special Offers: We still have some stock of the organic 500ml BBE Dec 08 olive oil available on half-price offer. The oil is absolutely fine to consume as it has been stored well (cool, dark and sealed). Za’atar addicts – we have a few cases of 500g za’atar left in stock (12*500g) at £54.
New Pricing
As mentioned previously Zaytoun pay our Palestinian suppliers in Euros (they have chosen this as the most stable currency for them to receive payments), and because of the hike in the Euro price against sterling, cost prices have risen beyond a point we can absorb. For this reason, after four years of stable prices, we need to put up the prices accordingly on many of our products – we’ve held off in the hope that the exchange rate would settle back down but it doesn’t look like this will happen soon. Please find the new pricing below, along with the pricing for the newly-certified Fairtrade olive oil and olives.
These prices will be in effect from April 2009. For a full updated order form please contact order@zaytoun.org
Non-certified products (fairly traded and organically grown none the less)
6/500ml Zayt and Za’atar £33.13
12/500ml Extra virgin olive oil £55.93
12/750ml Extra virgin olive oil £72.98
12/250ml Extra virgin olive oil £31.39
4/5 litre Extra virgin olive oil £132.00
12/ 80g Za’atar jar £18.60
25/ 50g Za’atar pack £21.25
Organic and FT-certified products
6/500ml Extra virgin olive oil £33.24
12/500ml Extra virgin olive oil £67.23
12/750ml Extra virgin olive oil £92.42
12/250ml Extra virgin olive oil £37.87
4/5 litre Extra virgin olive oil £176.68
12/200g Jar pickled green olives £23.56
12/250g Jar of dried olives £43.28
London Events in April – Volunteers Needed
NATURAL & ORGANIC PRODUCTS EUROPE 2009
Location: Grand Hall, Olympia, London (Trade show only)
Sunday 5 & Monday 6 April 2009
Zaytoun Stand No 5080R
www.naturalproducts.co.uk
UK AWARE 2009
Location: Olympia, London
Friday 17 & Saturday 18 April 2009
(Zaytoun have some free tickets available for this event so please do contact us if you are intending to go)
www.ukaware.com
CHARITY CRAFT FAIR IN AID OF GAZA
Location: The Mosaic Rooms, A.M.Qattan Foundation, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Rd, London, SW5 OSW.
Sunday 19 April 11am till 4pm
REAL FOOD FESTIVAL
Location: Earl’s Court, London
Friday 8 – Sunday 10 May 2009
www.realfoodfestival.co.uk
We need volunteers to help with the Zaytoun stall at the above events. If you are interested please contact heather@zaytoun.org
Website: Shops/Distributors
Zaytoun’s new website includes two pages dedicated to contact information for our distributors. If you are a Zaytoun distributor, please check the page www.zaytoun.org/distribution/retail and make sure your contact information is correct and up to date. Any changes should be emailed to contact@zaytoun.org
Website: Events Page
Many of you have noticed our new ‘Events’ page. If you are involved in an event where there will be Zaytoun produce on sale be sure to email us with details. Please email contact@zaytoun.org. The Events page can be found here: www.zaytoun.org/get-involved/events
Latest products
For our latest products see www.zaytoun.org/products/catalogue
Thanks for your ongoing support,
ZAYTOUN CIC – fairly traded produce from Palestine
