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Tesco doubles electric home delivery van fleet in less than a year, with its 2,000th van hitting the road in West Yorkshire

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has strengthened its position as the leading supermarket in the roll-out of electric home delivery vans, with its 2,000th electric van arriving this week at Tesco Hemsworth Superstore in West Yorkshire, where the store runs six home delivery vans. Tesco has doubled the number of electric home delivery vans over the last year, with more than 30% of the fleet now powered by electricity. The milestone marks significant progress in Tesco’s transition to a fully electric home delivery fleet in the UK by the end of 2030, and builds…

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Tesco & In Kind Direct unlock over 6 million hygiene products for families in need, over 4-year partnership

Stuart Mitchell

In Kind Direct, the UK’s leading product giving charity, and Tesco have partnered together since September 2022 to run their ‘Buy 2, we’ll donate 1’ campaign and this spring, ran the campaign for the sixth time. Designed to unlock product donations from some of the leading hygiene brands, the partnership has supported families across the country gain access to over 6 million essential hygiene products.  This year, the campaign included products from seventeen leading hygiene brands, Pampers, Andrex, Kleenex, Tena, Bodyform, Simple, Aquafresh, Sensodyne, Domestos, Sure, Dove, Surf, Wilkinson-Sword, Persil, Corsodyl, Vaseline, and Comfort. Resulting in over 1.33 million personal care and household hygiene items being donated across just eight-weeks. Across the 4-year partnership,…

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Electric vehicle drivers can now earn points when charging at more than 600 locations as Be.EV joins Tesco Clubcard

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco Clubcard members can now collect Clubcard points when they charge their electric vehicles at more than 680 Be.EV sites across the UK. The electric vehicle charging network has joined Clubcard as a points partner, meaning that Clubcard members who link their Tesco Clubcard to the Be.EV charging app can earn a Clubcard point for every £1 they spend at any Be.EV electric vehicle charger across the UK. Established in Greater Manchester in 2019, Be.EV now operates more than 2,500 charging bays across more than 680 sites nationwide, placing it…

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England football legend David Seaman supporting Tesco and British Heart Foundation campaign to get fans on the ball with checking their blood pressure

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco and British Heart Foundation are reminding people across the UK to prioritise their heart health, alongside getting ready for the upcoming football action, with England potentially on the road to glory.   David Seaman, the ex-England goalkeeper nicknamed ‘Safe Hands’, is encouraging football fans across the UK to put their heart health first by popping to their local Tesco Pharmacy for a free blood pressure check. The supermarket has teamed up with the British Heart Foundation to offer more than 50,000 blood pressure check appointments per week across over 350 Tesco Pharmacies so fans…

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Tesco backs next generation of British farmers with three-year extension of Future Farmer Programme

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is extending its support for the next generation of British farmers, renewing its partnership with Harper Adams University’s School of Sustainable Food and Farming for a further three years. The Future Farmer Programme, sponsored by Tesco and delivered by the Harper Adams University’s School of Sustainable Food and Farming, has already supported more than 200 farmers to develop the confidence, knowledge and practical skills needed to build resilient, sustainable farm businesses. With applications open for the 2026/27 cohort, until 31 July, Tesco is encouraging ambitious farmers under 40 to…

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