Month: February 2023

Chick-fil-A Donates $5M to 46 Nonprofits through True Inspiration Awards Program

Stuart Mitchell

Chick-fil-A, Inc. has announced the nonprofit grant recipients of the 2023 Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards® program with a total of 46 award winners – an increase of 12 from 2022. Collectively, these organizations will receive a total of $5 million in grants to further their community efforts. To be selected for a grant, an organization must work to address key issues that align with Chick-fil-A’s corporate social responsibility priorities: Caring for People, Caring for Others through Food, Caring for our Communities and Caring for our Planet. “Through our True Inspiration…

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The Perfume Shop celebrates raising £1m for Alzheimer’s Research UK

Stuart Mitchell

Retailer The Perfume Shop has passed the incredible milestone of raising £1 million for Alzheimer’s Research UK. The charity is dedicated to making life-changing breakthroughs in dementia research, but it can only do this with the help of its dedicated supporters. As one of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s longest serving partners, funds raised by The Perfume Shop have played a crucial role in speeding up progress towards new treatments and, one day, a cure for dementia. Since The Perfume Shop first pledged its support the UK’s leading dementia research charity in…

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Asda reduces gender pay gap

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has recently published its gender pay figures for 2022 which show a year-on-year reduction in both its mean and median pay gaps. In a report submitted to the Government’s Gender Pay website, Asda confirmed the following: The median pay difference between all male and female colleagues is 4.7% (2021: 6.1%) The mean pay difference between all male and female colleagues is 7.6% (2021: 8%) A 0% median pay gap for hourly paid retail store colleagues who make up 84% of Asda’s total workforce Asda’s gender pay figures remain significantly lower than the…

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Running on Sunshine: Octopus Energy enters solar installation market

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy is adding domestic solar photovoltaic (PV) to its catalogue of home energy tech installation, helping to slash customers’ electricity bills and create a multitude of new green jobs. Octopus Energy’s engineering arm, Octopus Energy Services, which already installed electric vehicle chargers, air-source heat pumps and smart meters, is now also installing solar panels. The company is aiming to quickly ramp up the rollout, targeting 5,000 installations in 2023. The new service is launching across the Midlands and the South, with a view to expand it nationwide within the…

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Waitrose cans small bottles from the wine aisle

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose has announced plans to move small wine formats from bottles into cans.  From 15th January, the majority of small wine formats (apart from Champagne. Prosecco and Cava, and Rioja, due to appellation restrictions) were moved from glass bottles to aluminium cans as part of our ambition to reduce our carbon footprint. Barry Dick, MW, Beer, Wine and Spirit Bulk Sourcing Manager at Waitrose comments:  “We’re delighted to pioneer this move and make reducing waste even easier for our customers. Aluminium cans weigh significantly less than glass and create less…

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