Tag: Lidl GB

“UK Supermarkets Must Go Further”: Lidl GB Launches ‘Live Well’ Logo To Signpost Healthy Products Based On The Planetary Health Diet

Stuart Mitchell

Lidl GB has become the first discounter to introduce a health  marker to its own-label products: Live Well. A new logo designed to help customers easily identify products that are healthy when shopping in store. While other competitors’ health markers only inform shoppers about nutritional profiles, the Lidl Live Well logo goes a step further with products also needing to align with the Planetary Health Diet, a global diet that is healthy for both people and planet, as well as broader sustainability criteria. The Lidl Live Well logo has been…

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UK’s largest grocery retailers set sights on prefill to take more single use packaging off shelf

Stuart Mitchell

Nine of the UK’s largest grocery retailers, with support from UK Governments and WRAP, have recently issued a joint Statement of Intent to explore how reusable packaging could be implemented across their stores and online.  The plan is to offer a system that makes it easy to shop for prefilled* items in stores and online and marks a bold commitment towards a standardised in-store and online system to reduce the amount of single use packaging put on the market, to give shoppers a better experience outside of single use packaging. …

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LIDL GB Triples Plant-Based Range As It Experiences Double-Digit Growth

Stuart Mitchell

Lidl GB has revealed that demand for plant-based products is continuing to soar after the supermarket experienced double-digit growth in the category over the past year. Building on strong sales growth, the discounter is more than tripling the number of plant-based products that it offers shoppers, with the newly expanded range set to appear in selected stores from this month, ahead of completing a national roll out by January 2025.   The new Vemondo Plant! own-label range features 28 new items, including multiple varieties of tofu (from £1.75) and burgers…

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Lidl Kicks Off Massive Christmas Charity Campaign With £125k Donation – Here’s How Shoppers Can Make A Difference

Stuart Mitchell

Lidl has unveiled its Christmas charitable drive, pledging £125,000 in grants to support charity partners hosting festive events across the country. This announcement coincides with the return of Lidl’s popular in-store Christmas Toy Bank, as the discounter calls on customers to donate toys and bring joy to children in need this festive season. As demand from local charities and community groups continues to surge, Lidl is responding to urgent calls for help. An overwhelming 91% of charities within Lidl’s Toy Bank charity network would welcome financial support to host festive…

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LIDL GB To Launch Industry-First Tool To Close Living Wage Gap In Banana Supply Chain

Stuart Mitchell

Lidl GB is taking a pioneering step towards closing the living wage gap in its banana supply chain as it gears up to launch an innovative tool and new processes designed to address wage disparities among plantation workers. Following a successful trial in Lidl Germany, the mechanism is due to be rolled out in September across Lidl GB’s entire banana supply chain. This first-of-its-kind mechanism, developed in collaboration with IDH, a not-for-profit organisation advocating for sustainable trade, calculates the premium which is to be paid by Lidl to close its…

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