Equita fair trade

05/11/2011

Here is a little more information about the Red Equi-T

05/10/2011

The second flavour is out ! Our new red Equi-T is a delicious blend of steeped Rooibos flavoured with locally produced Organic pure Cranberry juice.
Rooibos, often reffered to as red tea, is actually naturally caffein free and reputed to be an excellent source of antioxydants

05/10/2011

It's a celebration of fair trade products until May 15th. Come and see us May 14th from 11am to 5pm at Healthtree's Customer Day for these demos: Kicking Horse coffee, Napoleon coffee, Wholesome Sweetener, Theobroma and Green & Black chocolates, and Equita tea drinks.
A great place to discover our Equi-T in the West Island

Your Community Organic & Natural Health Store

04/20/2011

Great strides have been made in developping more ethically traded products these past years, but lets keep in mind that there is still much more to do, as this Aussie article points out

Exploitative Child Labour in the Chocolate Industry

04/15/2011

Well well... our bunnies are in the news

11/30/2010

The recent fluctuations in the cost of coffee have prompted us to begin examining our complete coffee offerings. We feel it is important to review our current product line-up in response to changing consumer demands and consuming habits. Your input on this issue is always appreciated and valued. We invite you to participate in an open discussion on your coffee consumption habits. Simply click on the discussions tab.

10/25/2010

Food service companies have been asking for it for a long time. Their question was simple; how can a coffee-break service offer 100% Fair Trade Certified products without a Fair Trade French Vanilla mix? So we put ourselves on the job to produce the very first Fair Trade Certified French Vanilla Cappuccino flavoured mix now available for the Canadian market!
This creamy specialty coffee is available in boxes of 6 x 907g.

10/18/2010

EQUI-T: Taxable or not ?
Some of you have asked us whether or not or new EQUI-T Green Iced Tea was taxable or not. According to the document on beverages issued by the Canada Revenue Agency (GST/HST Info Sheet GI-036 http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gi/gi-036/gi-036-e.html), the EQUI-T is considered a single serving non-carbonated beverage (since it is under 600 ml) and is therefore taxable. It is, however, zero-rated when “sold in multiples of single servings pre-packaged by the manufacturer or producer, or when the container in which the beverage is sold contains a quantity exceeding a single serving”.
As a result, EQUITA does not add taxes to its 24 units box of EQUI-T but those units are taxable if they are sold individually.

Single serving = taxable

Multiples of single servings pre-packaged = not taxable

This info sheet describes how the GST/HST applies to beverages.

09/18/2010

Everything arrived on time. We now have in house the new chocolates and the Equi-T iced tea. Shipping can start Monday as promised. We can't wait to hear your comments on these 3 new items.

08/26/2010

Also available beginning september 20th, our new ready to drink Iced Tea in a 500 ml bottle.
Made with our famous green tea from Sri Lanka, this Fair Trade certified and Organic iced tea is sweetened with an apple juice concentrate. The combination of Green Tea and apple is surprisingly refreshing and thirst quenching.