Tag: Tesco

Startup NatureMetrics wins 2023 Tesco Agri T-Jam competition and the chance to partner with Tesco’s suppliers

Stuart Mitchell

NatureMetrics has won the 2023 Tesco Agri T-Jam Competition, securing fast-track introductions to the Tesco supplier network and a trial with one of the retailer’s supply chain partners. Now in its sixth year, the Tesco Agri T-Jam pitching event, run in partnership with Leading Edge Only, saw 10 different agri start-ups pitch to a panel of Tesco sustainable agriculture and commercial experts, Tesco suppliers, and stakeholders to find the most promising agriculture innovation. This year, the event was dominated by innovations which can contribute to Tesco’s aim of building more…

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Tesco join forces with Hasbro and Wastebuster to trial in store toy recycling that also gets books into schools

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco and Hasbro have joined forces with leading not-for-profit environmental education company, Wastebuster, to trial a new in-store campaign – turning broken plastic toys into books and reading resources for UK schools. In a major development for the Recycle to Read campaign, the trial – which runs from 4 September to 4 December – encourages children and families to recycle their broken, hard plastic toys via toy recycling bins placed in selected Tesco stores. The scheme will be rolled out to further stores if it proves successful and popular with…

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Tesco unveils rapid expansion of low-carbon fertiliser trial

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco’s CEO, Ken Murphy recently called on political parties to stand by their net zero commitments and give businesses the confidence to invest. The call to action came as he unveiled the rapid expansion of one of Tesco’s key agricultural innovation initiatives, the largest commercial field trial of low-carbon fertilisers in the UK. Speaking at the Reuters IMPACT event in London last month, Murphy said green innovation in the food industry could be transformational in helping to cut costs and carbon, protect food security and stimulate green growth. But he…

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‘Enjoy Breakfast your Way’ with Nestle and FareShare

Stuart Mitchell

This autumn, Nestlé are donating thousands of jars of Nescafé Coffee and boxes of Shreddies to FareShare to help families across the UK. Alongside the surplus food Nestlé donates on a regular basis, this generous provision will ensure that more children and families can start their day with a nutritious breakfast. Nestlé are celebrating their long-standing partnership with FareShare by launching an eight week ‘Enjoy Breakfast your Way’ campaign, exclusively in Tesco stores from Wednesday 4 October. At FareShare we believe that no one should go hungry. But across the…

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Tesco introduces change to over 425 million bottles of milk – with new clear caps making it easier for customers to recycle at home

Stuart Mitchell

Customers shopping at Tesco will soon see changes across its own brand milk – as the supermarket works with suppliers to make milk bottles even easier to recycle.  By removing coloured plastic and changing blue, red and green milk caps to a clear alternative – on around 425 million bottles of milk every year – Tesco is improving the quality of recovered material from household waste and enabling the cap to be recycled back into milk bottles. Customers are encouraged to squash or crush empty bottles, replacing the original lid…

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