New wind farm featuring UK’s largest onshore turbines has capacity to provide up to a third of Sainsbury’s electricity

Sainsbury’s is celebrating the completion of a brand-new wind farm in Scotland. It will add up to 50 megawatts (MW) of electrical capacity to the grid in the form of renewable energy that will be used to power Sainsbury’s stores, offices and depots nationwide, giving a major boost to the retailer’s ambition to become Net Zero in its own operations by 2035. Sainsbury’s commitment to the future of Longhill Burn Wind Farm will see the retailer invest millions of pounds in the renewable energy it produces over the next 15…

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Sainsbury’s, Nectar360, and Clear Channel celebrate 25 years of partnership with an enhanced digital screen network

Nectar360, which owns and operates Nectar, the UK’s largest loyalty coalition programme, as well as managing Sainsbury’s and Argos’s retail media services, today announces plans to expand its connected digital screen network to over 800 screens, in conjunction with leading Out of Home media and infrastructure company, Clear Channel UK – an expansion that also includes the launch of a new internal screen network.  The Sainsbury’s Live network currently reaches millions of shoppers every week (over 15 million per fortnight*) through a national network of more than 320 full-motion digital…

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Sainsbury’s introduces paper packaging to its toilet and kitchen rolls in UK retailer first

Sainsbury’s is the first UK retailer to announce it is switching from plastic to paper packaging across its entire own-brand toilet paper and kitchen towel ranges. The move will save 485 tonnes of plastic, which is equivalent to over 55 million pieces of plastic a year. The change is the biggest plastics reduction the retailer has made in its grocery business so far. The new packaging will launch across 27 products, with customers starting to see the change in store and online from this week. The paper packaging will have…

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Sainsbury’s raises the steaks with lower carbon beef

Following a decade of development and five years of production, Sainsbury’s is launching a new Taste the Difference Aberdeen Angus range which could revolutionise how beef is produced in the UK.The reinvigorated range will offer a 25% lower carbon footprint compared to industry standard, making it the largest low carbon beef range ever produced in the UK. Sainsbury’s has developed the range by bringing together its dairy and beef supply chains, reducing carbon through a combination of superior cattle breeding and animal management. Measures such as strictly monitored feed and…

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Sainsbury’s switches from use-by to best-before date on milk range to reduce household food waste

Sainsbury’s will be swapping use-by dates for best-before dates across its own-brand milk range, making it the biggest UK retailer to make this change. The move will affect 44 products in total, including all fresh and organic milk sold across England, Scotland, and Wales, and will apply to over 730 million pints of milk sold by Sainsbury’s every year. Research from WRAP has shown that milk is the third most wasted food in the UK, with over 490 million pints thrown away each year, often because the milk has passed…

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