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Tesco completes major enhancement in chicken welfare

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced it has successfully completed a significant enhancement in welfare standards for all its core fresh chicken ranges. The change ensures customers can access chicken that is raised with more space to perch and move around, while maintaining the same great value. All Tesco fresh British chicken is now grown with birds that have 20% more space than the industry standard. This allows them additional room to express their natural behaviours. To help support British agriculture, the retailer has reaffirmed its commitment to sourcing all its fresh chicken…

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Tesco bolsters support for British farmers as it relaunches Sustainable Farming Group for pigs

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced further support for its British farmers and suppliers with the relaunch and extension of its Tesco Sustainable Pig Group (TSPG). The group, developed in partnership with Tesco’s long-term supplier, Cranswick, will cover all production methods used in the UK and include farms of varying sizes. Tesco estimates the group could be worth at least £670m over the initial three years of the scheme. The group will initially produce all Tesco’s Finest fresh pork, with the ambition of tripling in size over the next three years to produce…

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Tesco makes a big change to its pasta aisle

Stuart Mitchell

Customers picking up pasta in Tesco stores recently wil havel noticed a big change in how some of it is packaged.  To reduce the amount of plastic packaging it uses, Tesco has moved its Finest range of dried pasta into paper packaging, saving more than 10 million pieces of plastic a year, weighing more than 30 tonnes. In total, 10 lines have moved into the new packaging, which will also be available in Tesco Express stores. The new packs are 100% recyclable and can be put into household recycling bins. …

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Tesco launches groundbreaking sustainability partnership with milk suppliers to help transform the dairy industry

Stuart Mitchell

In an unprecedented move, Tesco and its milk suppliers Arla and Müller UK & Ireland have joined forces to launch a farmer-led partnership which aims to put sustainability at the heart of the dairy industry. The launch of the Future Dairy Partnership marks a significant step towards uniting the dairy industry to accelerate reduction of emissions, farm in harmony with nature and commit to higher animal welfare standards. With climate change already impacting food production in the UK, uncertainty regarding the future of the dairy industry is leading to a…

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Tesco to provide £4million of fruit and vegetables to 400 schools this year

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is to invest £4m in a new scheme that will give thousands of young people fruit and vegetables every day at school.   Tesco Fruit & Veg for Schools, which has been developed in partnership with the British Nutrition Foundation, will provide funding for up to 140,000 pupils to receive at least one piece of fruit or veg a day, giving their diets a healthy and nutritious boost.  The funding will support pupils in 400 schools where there is a higher-than-average free school meal ratio, and in total will…

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