Equal Exchange

Equal Exchange
Company typecooperative
Founded1986 (1986)
Headquarters,
Productscoffee, tea, sugar, chocolate, bananas, avocados, olive oil
RevenueUS$70,079,000 (2016)
US$1,524,561 (2016)
Total assetsUS$36,935,863 (2016)
Number of employees
126
Websiteequalexchange.coop

Equal Exchange is a for-profit, Fairtrade, worker-owned cooperative headquartered in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Equal Exchange distributes organic, gourmet coffee, tea, sugar, bananas, avocados, cocoa, and chocolate bars produced by farmer cooperatives in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Founded in 1986, it is the oldest and largest Fair Trade coffee company in the United States. The highest paid employee of Equal Exchange may not make more than four times what the lowest paid employee receives.