Tag: Tesco

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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Charity Times Award win for FareShare and Tesco

Stuart Mitchell

FareShare’s longstanding partnership with Tesco has been recognised at the Charity Times Awards.  The Corporate National Partnership with a Retailer award was awarded to FareShare for our work with Tesco, which in the last year includes the innovative Buy One to Help a Child (BOTHAC) campaign and the bi-annual Food Collection.  The partnership between FareShare and Tesco was bolstered by an exponential increase in support from the retailer in the last year, including additional funding during the pandemic, an extra annual food collection and BOTHAC.   Across two BOTHAC campaigns, Tesco…

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Tesco Joins Sustainable Fisheries Partnership in New Initiative to Protect Ocean Wildlife

Stuart Mitchell

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Whale and Dolphin Conservation has announced the completion of an independent audit of the risks to ocean wildlife in the fisheries that supply seafood to UK retailer Tesco. The study examined the threats to sharks and rays, seabirds, marine mammals and sea turtles from capture in commercial fisheries, commonly referred to as “bycatch.” “We’re pleased to partner with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership to protect ocean wildlife and drive progress across the retail industry on this critical issue in…

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