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M&S Rolls Out AI-Powered Tools to Support the Next Generation of Animal Welfare in its Dairy Farms

Stuart Mitchell

M&S is the first retailer to use AI-powered monitoring systems on its entire Milk Pool to monitor animal welfare across 46 dairy farms. The innovative tools use cameras to capture footage of dairy cows when they are indoors which is then analysed using an algorithm trained alongside vets to monitor welfare of dairy cows in real time. This latest move by M&S sets a new standard for animal welfare for dairy cows. The technology uses AI-powered video analytics to build an individual health profile for each animal, tracking mobility and…

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M&S Trials Plastic-Free Produce As It Accelerates Plastic Reduction Plan

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has stepped-up its commitment to reducing the amount of plastic it uses by launching over 90 lines of loose fruit and vegetables completely free of plastic packaging in a trial at its Tolworth store.  To support the trial, M&S has introduced trained greengrocers, who will be on hand to offer customers valuable advice as they select from two aisles of fruit and vegetables free of plastic packaging. The range not only includes hard fruit and veg like potatoes and bananas, but also more perishable items such as…

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New episode of M&S podcast: The rise of Vegan Living, Flexitarians and Vegan-Friendly Products

Stuart Mitchell

Episode 6 of the M&S Podcast is now live: The rise of Vegan Living, Flexitarians and Vegan-Friendly Products Episode 6 of the M&S Podcast is now live: The rise of Vegan Living, Flexitarians and Vegan-Friendly Products With one in five M&S customer households cooking for a flexitarian/vegetarian and 60% of customers eating less red meat and adopting a flexitarian approach to eating, Rachel Silver is joined by Melanie Leyshon, Editor of the Healthy Food Guide, Claire Richardson, who has created the new M&S plant based food range, Plant Kitchen and…

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M&S Launches Eco Bag With Social Impact

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has launched a new eco-shopping bag that helps prevent waste and reduce poverty among people living in Haiti and the Philippines. Launched in stores on 6th November, the re-usable bag is made from 75% Social Plastic©, which is plastic waste that has been collected and recycled by Plastic Bank, a social enterprise seeking to stop ocean plastic pollution. Plastic Bank incentivises people in Haiti and the Philippines – two areas highly polluted with plastic – to collect waste and take it to one of 36 recycling…

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All M&S Dairy Farms Become RSPCA Assured

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced that it has become the first major retailer to source all of its fresh milk from RSPCA Assured dairy farms. All 37 farms that supply fresh milk to the M&S Milk Pool have achieved RSPCA Assured certification and from today all M&S fresh milk packaging* will carry the RSPCA Assured logo. The move means that the 150 million pints of milk sold in M&S stores every year will come from farms with the highest animal welfare standards. RSPCA Assured standards cover all aspects of cow…

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