Tag: Asda

Asda set to reduce plastic by 450 tonnes with launch of new chicken packaging

Stuart Mitchell

In-line with its ongoing commitment to ‘use less and recycle more’, Asda is launching new packaging across its entire chicken range, which will save 450 tonnes of plastic a year. Reducing plastic packaging by up to 50% across the range, Asda is moving its selection of chicken out of plastic trays and into the new pouches in a supermarket first, following a successful trial last year on mini-fillets and diced breasts. Customers will see the new packaging launch on chicken thighs in the coming weeks and by the middle of…

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Customers at Asda’s sustainability store recycle over 220 tonnes of clothing, linen, shoes, books and other bric-a-brac

Stuart Mitchell

Generous Asda customers have donated 221 tonnes – over 4000 bags – of clothing, textiles and other bric – a – brac, at its sustainability store in Leeds, equating to over a tonne a week in its biggest weeks. Through its partnership with The Salvation Army, Asda’s sustainability store in Middleton has provided customers with a drop-off point for their unwanted items, which in return is raising vital funds for The Salvation Army and Asda’s Tickled Pink charity beneficiaries. Salvation Army’s shops have been temporarily closed due to lockdown restrictions,…

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Asda donates £100k to FareShare support Muslim community groups, across the month of Ramadan

Stuart Mitchell

Supermarket retailer Asda has announced that during Ramadan it will be donating thousands of pounds to FareShare to support Muslim charities and community groups across the country. Through its charity partnership with food redistribution charity FareShare, Asda is enabling hundreds of vulnerable families access to food which might otherwise have gone to waste, through the 11,000 charities and community groups FareShare supports. On top of this donation, our community champions will be able to donate £10,000 worth of food and goods to support Muslim communities local to our Asda stores.…

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George at Asda teams up with historical charity to encourage kids to get outside and grow

Stuart Mitchell

George at Asda have collaborated with the UK’s leading gardening charity, The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), to create a new kidswear clothing and accessories range for kids aged 1-7 years The collection has been designed to encourage kids to get outside and ‘grow’ and features unique prints with joyful, hand-drawn illustrations of smiling vegetables, bright garden tools and colourful tractors. The kidswear range, which starts from age 1 and runs up to age 7, features slogans encouraging kids to reconnect with nature and to grow their own plants and veg,…

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Asda removes more than 100m pieces of single use plastic from its stores

Stuart Mitchell

Supermarket Asda is removing 101m pieces of single use plastic from its stores each year by switching from plastic to reusable fruit and veg bags. The move follows a 9-store trial and following positive customer and colleague feedback, Asda has now decided to remove all single-use plastic fruit and veg bags from its stores across the UK, instead offering customers a reusable alternative. Priced at just 30p each, Asda’s reusable bags offers customers an affordable, reusable alternative to single-use plastic fruit and veg bag, which are made from 100% recycled…

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