Tag: Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s launches 150 days of community initiative as Living Well Index uncovers a steep fall in the nation’s sense of wellbeing

Stuart Mitchell

The Sainsbury’s Living Well Index, one of the most comprehensive studies of how well the UK is living and why, has found that there has been a steep decline in the nation’s quality of life, caused in large part by a year of uncertainty and a lack of a sense of community. To address the issues revealed by the study, Sainsbury’s is giving its 178,000 colleagues the opportunity to spend a day volunteering to help local causes under its 150 Days of Community initiative. The fourth edition of the landmark…

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Sainsbury’s first UK supermarket to remove plastic bags for loose fruit, vegetables and bakery items from all stores, offering paper and re-usable bags made from recycled materials

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has committed to cutting a further 1,284 tonnes of plastic this year. This includes removing 489 tonnes’ worth of plastic bags, which are currently used for loose fruit, vegetables and bakery items. By September, paper bags will be available to customers for loose bakery items. Customers buying loose fruit and vegetables will either be able to bring their own bags or buy a re-usable bag made from recycled materials. Sainsbury’s has previously implemented measures that are already leading to a reduction of 8,101 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic and “virgin plastic” every…

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Sainsbury’s makes further bold commitments to cut plastic packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s will end the use of dark coloured plastics (which are difficult to recycle) across fresh foods by the end of 2019 and entirely by March 2020 as well as remove all plastic packaging from Christmas crackers this year. Sainsbury’s will also introduce a trial scheme for customers to ‘pre-cycle’ by providing an area for customers to remove unwanted primary and secondary packaging in store and leave it for recycling. This means that food remains protected through the supply chain, but offers the customer the option to recycle before they…

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Sainsbury’s trials new sunflower lanyard initiative to help customers with hidden disabilities

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has announced the extension of a new trial to help enhance the shopping experience for customers with hidden disabilities. The initiative will offer shoppers the option to pick up a lanyard, which has been purposely designed to act as a discreet sign for store colleagues to recognise if they may need to provide a customer with additional support when in store.Launched initially in Sainsbury’s Barnstaple and rolling out to more stores this month, the scheme helps those with a number of disabilities, such as autism, dementia, visual or hearing impairment.…

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Teenagers help Sainsbury’s and Argos brighten a million Christmases

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s and Argos have launched a new ‘Help to Brighten a Million Christmases’ campaign to encourage one million food and toy donations in stores across the UK. The initiative expands on Sainsbury’s year-round food bank scheme and will be run in partnership with thousands of charity partners across the UK, to distribute the items to local communities in time for Christmas. A group of National Citizen Service (NCS) graduates from Exeter have played a major role to help kick-start the campaign, inventing new on-shelf labels to highlight priority products for…

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