Tag: Tesco

Tesco cuts plastic from bakery favourites and returns to selling bread loose

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is rewinding the clock back to the days of traditional bakeries by removing plastic from a number of its most popular items and selling loose loaves of bread.     The moves will result in the annual removal of 33 million pieces of plastic from loaves of bread and doughnuts, and reduce the plastic used to pack breakfast pastries by more than 120 tonnes each year.    Nearly 25 of the supermarket’s in-store bakery bread lines are now being sold loose, although customers can request a paper bag should they want one.  Doughnuts…

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Tesco answers food banks’ aid plea with £1m funding boost

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced a new £1m support package for food banks and food charities after the Trussell Trust warned they are facing their most difficult winter ever. With food banks and other frontline charities hit by a double whammy of unprecedented demand and soaring operating costs, Tesco has stepped in with a £1m donation split between the Trussell Trust and FareShare to help them meet the exceptional challenges they are facing. The extra money comes in addition to the ongoing support the supermarket provides to both charities, having worked in…

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Charities urge people to volunteer for the UK’s biggest winter food drive

Stuart Mitchell

As food banks and frontline charities face up to their hardest Christmas ever, people are being urged to give the gift of their time to take part in the UK’s biggest food donation drive, The Tesco Food Collection is taking place in all Tesco stores from December 1 to 3 and the Trussell Trust and FareShare are urging volunteers to sign-up to support the event in store. It comes as both charities face an unprecedented demand for food. The Trussell Trust, which has the largest foodbank network in the UK,…

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Tesco working with major brands to remove un-needed toothpaste packaging 

Stuart Mitchell

A trial to remove un-needed toothpaste packaging in the UK has been launched by Tesco.   For many years, tubes of toothpaste have been packed in a cardboard box, but now Tesco is hoping to banish this piece of unnecessary packaging for good. From 21 September, it will test how customers feel when branded toothpaste is no longer sold in this way.   Last November the supermarket got the ball rolling by scrapping these boxes for its own brand toothpaste – a move which will lead to the saving of more than…

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Start-Up eniferBio Wins 2022 Tesco Agri T-Jam and World Agri-Tech Pitch Day

Stuart Mitchell

Chosen from over 140 international submissions, eniferBio wins fast-track introduction to Tesco’s supply chain and mentoring from the Tesco Agriculture team. Finnish agtech start-up eniferBio has won the opportunity to work with the UK’s leading retailer, Tesco, and its supply chain partners, after winning the 5th edition of the Tesco Agri T-Jam pitching event run in partnership with the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit. The innovator is developing a mycoprotein feed suitable for aquaculture, poultry and pig supply chains that is made from renewable raw materials and will offer a sustainable…

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