Tag: Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s and Cranswick sign ten-year partnership to set new standards in pig welfare and to help build a more resilient UK farming sector

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s and Cranswick have announced a new ten-year partnership that will see all Sainsbury’s British pork, sausages, premium bacon and gammon, and cooked meats supplied through the UK producer. This will be made possible by the British farmers working for Sainsbury’s and Cranswick under the Sainsbury’s Pork Producer Group. The partnership will elevate welfare standards of the by Sainsbury’s British pork range beyond the industry recommended*, while still ensuring great value for customers. Taste the Difference pork will remain the same high-level RSPCA Assured standard that it has been for…

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Sainsbury’s transforms food waste into fuel for 30 trucks at its Bristol distribution centre

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s is set to revolutionise its logistics by transforming food waste into fuel for a number of its HGV trucks. From next month, the pioneering initiative will see biofuel produced directly from Sainsbury’s food waste power 30 trucks at its Emerald Park distribution centre in Bristol, half the site’s fleet. This will save over 3,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, equivalent to the yearly electricity consumption of 1,950 households*. Waste processor RenECO currently works with Sainsbury’s to turn food waste that can’t be donated or used for animal feed into biogas…

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Avoca-don’t Miss This: Sainsbury’s Debuts Plastic-Free Packaging for Avocados

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s switches its own-brand twin pack avocado packaging from plastic to paper in a move which will eventually save 20.2 million pieces of plastic a year upon full rollout. Starting with a trial across 77 Sainsbury’s supermarkets1, customers can purchase by Sainsbury’s Ripe & Ready Avocados twin pack in paper packaging in selected superstores now. Following successful completion of the trial, a wider rollout is anticipated to start later this year in-store and online. The plastic-free avocado packaging consists of paper with bamboo netting, a solution that is fully recyclable…

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Sainsbury’s partners with Italian ready meal supplier to donate one million meals to those experiencing food insecurity

Stuart Mitchell

Kicking off 2025 with a focus on giving and on collective action, this year Sainsbury’s and its long term food supplier Greencore have committed to donating one million fresh meals to those experiencing food insecurity, putting their heads together to work out how they can maximise their combined resources. Customers can support the one million meal donation by purchasing any by Sainsbury’s Italian style ready meals, including favourites such as spaghetti bolognaise and carbonara, between now and the end of April knowing that 25p from each product sold will go…

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Mushroom for improvement: Sainsbury’s first UK supermarket to introduce peat-free mushrooms

Stuart Mitchell

While some love and some loathe, mushrooms are one of the most popular fresh produce items with over 1.5 billion portions of them sold each year in the UK. However, conventional mushroom crop production currently relies on the use of peat, a precious carbon-rich natural resource that takes thousands of years to grow in wetland ecosystems. Following a decade of research and development, Sainsbury’s has today become the first UK supermarket to launch conventional mushrooms that have been grown without peat. This significant change to the growth process reduces the…

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