PCC Natural Markets hosts two events celebrating Fair Trade products
2014 News
Seattle, Wash., September 22, 2014 – PCC Natural Markets (PCC) will host Rewards of Fair Trade sampling events at two of its locations. Tastes will include Fair Trade coffees, teas, chocolates and more.
Greenlake Village PCC
450 N.E. 71st St., Seattle
Saturday, October 4
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Issaquah PCC
1810 12th Ave. N.W., Issaquah
Sunday, October 5
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“This is a tremendous opportunity to speak to the vendors who know their products and can tell the impactful stories behind Fair Trade,” says PCC’s community relations specialist, Claudia Lewis.
In April 2013, PCC announced that it had become the first U.S. grocer to sell chocolate only made from ethically sourced cocoa. In addition, PCC’s entire selection of coffee is organic, shade-grown, locally roasted and fairly traded.
About PCC Natural Markets: Headquartered in Seattle, Wash., PCC Natural Markets is a certified organic retail cooperative with annual sales of more than $200 million and an active membership of more than 52,000 households. PCC operates ten neighborhood locations; nine in King County including Fremont, Greenlake Aurora, Greenlake Village, Issaquah, Kirkland, Redmond, Seward Park, View Ridge and West Seattle, and its Edmonds store in South Snohomish County.
Media contact
Tom Monahan, Marketing Manager
PCC Natural Markets
Email
206-547-1222, ext. 189