Tag: Tesco

NHS neonatal units across country set to receive premature baby clothing donation from Tesco

Stuart Mitchell

Half of babies born prematurely in England will receive F&F essentials Every NHS neonatal unit across England is set to receive packs of premature baby clothes to help parents in need at what can be a difficult and worrying time. Tesco is donating 23,000 packs of F&F Premature Baby Essentials to the 157 units. Each pack contains sleepsuits, bodysuits, hats & scratch mitts. The Salvation Army is supporting Tesco to help deliver the clothing. The 23,000 packs are being delivered to its depot in Wollaston in Northamptonshire before being transported…

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Tesco customers donate 10 million meals to FareShare

Stuart Mitchell

Generous Tesco customers have donated over 4,400 tonnes of food, the equivalent of more than 10 million meals’ worth of food, to FareShare since launching in 2015. There are over 1,800 Permanent Collection Points (PCPs) in Tesco stores collecting food for FareShare across the UK, enabling customers to donate long-life food, such as tinned vegetables, cereals, and pasta, to FareShare year-round. In January 2024 alone, customers donated the equivalent of more than 290k meals to frontline charities via FareShare. All customer donations are collected by a local FareShare site or…

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Tesco champions developing brands with innovation-led Accelerator Programme

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco recently welcomed 27 up-and-coming brands to its Welwyn Garden City campus as it launched its new innovation initiative, the Accelerator Programme. The programme will provide much needed support to some of the most exciting and innovative brands in the UK, with the suppliers benefiting from the opportunity to be stocked in Tesco stores and online, and accelerate growth with Britain’s biggest supermarket. With insight showing that innovation is important to Tesco customers, the brands have been carefully selected to feed into emerging product trends, including health and sustainability, the…

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Tesco launches dedicated section in stores for menopause-friendly products

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is trialling a new menopause-friendly section in selected stores, helping customers find dedicated products to help manage their symptoms and highlight other items that are safe to use when menopausal. It comes as the retailer joins forces with GenM, an awareness collective who empower brands to transform how women search, source and shop when going through the menopause. The M-tick, the world’s first symbol to signpost menopause-friendly products, will now be clearly visible on products, both in Tesco stores and online.  And to celebrate the partnership, for the next six weeks…

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Tesco launches Nature Programme with step-up in support for water commitment

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has stepped up its support for a key commitment on tackling water pollution and risk in the food industry, as it announced plans to roll out a programme of work to aid the shift to a nature positive food system. Tesco’s Nature Programme will focus its efforts on five key areas of action: protecting nature in key sourcing landscapes, both in the UK and abroad; scaling industry leading innovations to support biodiversity; implementing a nature plan across its own estate and operations; continuing to lead the industry on research…

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