Tag: Tesco

Crisp packets, bread bags and yoghurt tops to get a new life as fruit & veg planters for schools

Stuart Mitchell

Hundreds of thousands of pieces of soft plastics, such as bread bags and crisp packets, dropped off by customers at Tesco stores are helping green fingered kids learn about fruit and veg.  As part of the supermarket’s Stronger Starts programme, around 400 schools across the country, that already receive support from Tesco’s Fruit & Veg for Schools initiative, are receiving fruit & veg planters made from recycled plastic, that pupils can use to try out growing their own produce.   To help them get growing straight away, Tesco and its…

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WRAP and Tesco call for urgent action to reduce global food loss and waste

Stuart Mitchell

The leading retailer Tesco has partnered with global environmental action NGO WRAP to inspire fresh action to tackle global food waste, which currently contributes between 8-10% of climate warming greenhouse gas emissions, and totals more than one billion tonnes every year.  The World Economic Forum estimates that food loss and waste also costs the global economy $936 billion a year, when more than 783 million people go hungry every day, and a third of humanity faces food insecurity. The collaboration will deliver a programme of high-impact initiatives at key moments…

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‘Ripen at home’ bananas launched to help shoppers cut down on food waste

Stuart Mitchell

Shoppers are to be given more choice when buying bananas so that they can cut down on food waste in the home – thanks to a new move by Tesco. Bananas are among the most popular foods bought at UK supermarkets – but also one of the most wasted because they ripen very quickly. According to latest available data*, every day UK householders throw away one million bananas. But now customers will have more shelf-life flexibility at home as Tesco add ‘ripen at home’ bananas to their range. The move…

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Tesco and leading health charities urge UK Government to mandate health transparency across food industry

Stuart Mitchell

 Tesco teams up with 3 leading UK health charities to support the nation’s health. In an open letter to the Health and Social Care Secretary, Tesco and its three leading health charity partners are urging the UK Government to make healthier food sales reporting mandatory for all supermarkets and major food businesses.   At its Health Charity Partnership summit last week, Tesco Group CEO Ken Murphy met with CEOs from Cancer Research UK, British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK to discuss how they can help people lead longer, healthier lives.…

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Four major supermarkets launch joint campaign to help fight hunger in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

One in seven people go hungry in the UK, 2.7 million of them children and in community centres, schools and shelters across the country, the demand for meals is only increasing. The food industry working together:The food industry is joining forces to help tackle the issue, at scale, through a new campaign and a new coalition. On May 19th, the Let’s make a meal of it campaign launches across four major supermarkets – one of the most ambitious retailer collaborations to date, to help fight hunger in the UK. It…

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