Tag: Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s plucks up its chicken welfare standards

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has announced that from March 2023 it will be improving the welfare of all its By Sainsbury’s fresh chicken across its core ranges. As part of its commitment to helping everyone eat better, the retailer’s shift will give customers access to chicken grown with more space to perch and move, at the same great value. Within the next 12 months, all fresh chicken that customers buy from Sainsbury’s will be grown at a reduced stocking density in bedded barns. This means that customers can be confident that the chicken…

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Sainsbury’s helps to feed more than half a million pregnant women and children this festive season

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has announced that it will once again top up Government funded Healthy Start vouchers by £2 – a move that could help feed more than half a million pregnant women and children in need this festive season. The vouchers, which are provided by the Government to low-income pregnant women and families with a child under the age of four, provide eligible families with a voucher worth £4.25 – up from £3.10 earlier this year following much needed lobbying from Marcus Rashford. The move comes after Sainsbury’s topped the voucher…

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Sainsbury’s to match millions in donations in a bid to help feed more than 12 million families this Christmas

Stuart Mitchell

As part of its ongoing commitment to support the communities it serves, Sainsbury’s annual ‘Help Brighten a Million Christmases’  initiative is running, with every single donation being matched by the supermarket up to the value of £1.5 million. With the aim of raising a total of over £3 million, the campaign builds on Sainsbury’s year-round work with its charitable partners to provide vital support to those who need it most over the festive period. Sainsbury’s is committed to ensuring that more Brits can celebrate this year without hunger, making sure…

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Sainsbury’s cuts five years from target to become Net Zero by 2035 in its own operations

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has strengthened its commitment to tackle the climate crisis by accelerating its target to become Net Zero in its own operations by 2035, five years earlier than its original ambition and aligned to UN’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. The retailer has cut its carbon footprint by 47% in the last 17 years despite its space increasing by over 40%. In the last year, Sainsbury’s has reduced its absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its own operations by 25,580 tCO2e, year-on-year. To help achieve its target Sainsbury’s…

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Sainsbury’s makes it easier than ever to recycle aluminium coffee pods at home

Stuart Mitchell

Coffee cups are looking half full rather than empty, thanks to Sainsbury’s. The retailer has recently teamed up with coffee pod manufacturer Dualit and On-Pack Recycling Label Ltd (OPRL Ltd) to prove that despite popular misconceptions and confusion, aluminium coffee pods can be recycled at home, provided they are empty of coffee grinds. Until now, it’s been widely believed that aluminium coffee pods are too small to be captured for recycling when items are being sorted. Sainsbury’s has challenged the industry and discovered that waste management companies have facilities that…

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