Tag: Tesco

Supermarkets playing with fire on future of food, says WWF

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s broken food system is causing environmental collapse and creating volatility in supply and price, according to a report by WWF released recently.     Drawing on data from 10 retailers (Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Lidl GB, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose), 2025’s What’s in Store for the Planet report assesses the progress on environmental action of 90% of the UK grocery market and concludes that action on reducing environmental risks is stagnating.   It warns that without decisive action environmental impacts will escalate, threatening food security and…

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Brits embrace the ‘Eat The Rainbow’ healthy food mantra as demand for colourful veg soars

Stuart Mitchell

Nutritionists are forever urging us to ‘eat the rainbow’ in order to be more healthy – and now, at last, it looks as if the message for adding colourful vegetables to the plate is starting to resonate. In the past year – and particularly the last few months – Tesco has seen rocketing demand for different coloured vegetables such as rainbow chard, rainbow carrots, purple broccoli, dark purple Cavolo Nero and pink onions. These include the following: Rainbow carrots – demand up 100 per cent this autumn versus last Pink…

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Tesco partners with Be My Eyes Partners to bring accessible support to customers across the UK for World Sight Day

Stuart Mitchell

In celebration of last months World Sight Day, Tesco and Be My Eyes, the world’s leading Customer Accessibility Management platform for people who are blind or partially sighted, today announced a six-month pilot partnership, to enhance in-store accessibility for customers with sight loss. Through the collaboration, Be My Eyes users will be able to connect directly with Tesco colleagues via the app to receive personalised visual assistance while shopping. With thousands of stores across the UK, Tesco is the first major supermarket in Europe to join Be My Eyes in…

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Tesco drives emissions reduction as it rolls out 42 low-carbon trucks

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced it has added 42 new IVECO S-Way Natural Gas trucks to its fleet in Livingston, Scotland, to help it reach its goal to be carbon neutral across its own operations by 2035. The trucks will transport food and goods across Scotland, Cumbria, and Northumbria, servicing more than 250 stores. Covering more than 200,000km per year, the trucks will save up to 6,4731 tonnes of CO2e annually.  The new IVECO S-Way trucks run on biomethane and can cut CO2 emissions by up to 83%2 compared to similar diesel…

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Tesco branches out: Broccoli from low carbon concept farm hits shelves this week

Stuart Mitchell

Broccoli from Tesco’s low carbon concept farm in Lincolnshire has hit the shelves this week, giving customers a first taste of veg grown using a variety of low carbon techniques. The farm, developed in partnership with some of Tesco’s long-standing vegetable suppliers, is exploring innovations such as low carbon fertilisers, alternative fuels, state-of-the-art cold storage, and carbon removal techniques.   Broccoli and purple sprouting broccoli have been grown using a number of different sustainable agriculture methods including cover cropping, which locks nutrients into the soil and improves drainage. The crop has…

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