Tag: Tesco

UK will miss SDG on food waste unless mandatory reporting is introduced

Stuart Mitchell

The lack of data on progress towards reducing food waste is an obstacle to meeting the SDG 12.3 goal of halving food waste by 2030, according to a report published today by Champions 12.3. In the UK, 156 of the largest food companies have committed to reduce food waste, but less than a third are publishing their annual food waste data. Tesco was the first UK retailer to publish food waste data in 2013 and will today publish for the seventh year and announce: 27 own brand suppliers, accounting for…

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Tesco launches phase two of Remove, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle plan to suppliers

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has launched the second phase of its Remove, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle plan, which sets out four steps that will govern packaging design across all product categories: Remove all non-recyclable and hard to recycle material Where we can’t remove, reduce it to an absolute minimum, including excess packaging Explore new opportunities to reuse it, and if we can’t Ensure it is all recycled as part of a closed loop. Since announcing its ambition in 2018 to remove hard-to-recycle materials, Tesco will have eliminated the hardest to recycle materials from…

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New crostini and bread pudding products help Tesco tackle food waste

Stuart Mitchell

Bakeries at Tesco are reviving a traditional way of tackling food waste – by turning surplus baguettes and batons into tasty new bread products. Baguettes and batons are among the UK’s most popular bread but also two foods which see among the highest waste at the supermarket. But now Tesco plans to dramatically reduce that figure by launching bread pudding and olive oil crostini lines made from surplus baguettes and batons. And if the move is successful and the products are rolled out across Tesco’s UK stores it could mean…

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Tesco launches Dance Beats fundraiser with three leading UK health charities

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has launched a major national fundraising campaign to support the life-changing work of its three national health charity partners – Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK. With cancer, heart and circulatory diseases and diabetes accounting for more than half of all deaths in the UK, Tesco has launched Dance Beats to support the life-changing work of its three national health charity partners – Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK Throughout June and July, Dance Beats will bring the nation together to…

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Tesco calls for more businesses to publish food waste data as amount of food wasted in Tesco is down 17%

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has published its annual food waste data, revealing 63% more food was redistributed to charities, community groups, colleagues and animal feed. The retailer halved the amount of food safe for human consumption going to energy recovery compared to last year (51% decrease) and is now 81% of the way toward its target that no food safe for human consumption goes to waste.  Overall, this led to the amount of food going to waste in Tesco’s UK operations falling by 17% to 44,297 tonnes (0.45% sales) compared to the previous…

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