Tag: Tesco

Future farmers set to benefit from sustainability advice in new Tesco and Harper Adams University initiative

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco and Harper Adams University’s School of Sustainable Food and Farming (SSFF) have today announced the launch of a major new multi-year programme which will help up-and-coming British farmers develop their skills in sustainable agriculture. With recent surveys* suggesting younger farmers have identified skills gaps in areas including sustainability and the environment, the Future Farmer Programme will provide 75 young farmers with face-to-face and live online training on how to implement sustainable agriculture practices and protect biodiversity. The nine-month course, which will run each year for the next three years,…

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Tesco reaffirms commitment to support healthy, affordable diets

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced that it will continue with its voluntary commitment not to sell HFSS products through volume-led promotions, as part of its ongoing plans to help customers eat more healthily. Following the Government announcement that restrictions on multibuy deals on foods high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) are to be delayed further until 2025, Tesco confirms that it will continue to keep volume-led promotions on HFSS products off its shelves*. This will support its commitment to make Tesco the easiest place for customers to shop for affordable, healthy, sustainable food.​ While Tesco will…

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Tesco passes 85% target for redistributing surplus food

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced it redistributed 88% of surplus food across its UK business, surpassing its own target of 85%, which was set in 2016. The target was beaten in the last year thanks largely to the supermarket’s relationships with partners including FareShare and Olio. FareShare remains a long-standing partner, supporting nearly 8,500 community groups and charities with surplus food from Tesco’s network of stores and distribution centres. Last year, Tesco donated more than 25 million meals via FareShare to charities and community groups. Tesco has also been working with food…

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Tesco removes two billion pieces of plastic from its business

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has now removed more than two billion pieces of plastic from its UK business since the launch of its 4Rs – Remove, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle – packaging strategy in 2019. In the last 12 months alone, 500 million pieces of unnecessary plastic have been identified and removed. The most recent annual savings include: More than 30 million plastic yoghurt lids removed Over 29 million pieces of plastic removed from limescale tablets packaging Nearly 24 million plastic windows removed from doughnut packaging Nearly 9 million pieces removed from nappy packaging…

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FareShare and Tesco win big at Third Sector Charity Business Awards

Stuart Mitchell

FareShare and Tesco were celebrated at this year’s Third Sector Charity Business Awards with the top prize in the Long Term Partnership category.  The two organisations have worked together since 2012 to help alleviate poverty in the UK by ensuring surplus food within the Tesco supply chain is used to feed people and doesn’t end up as waste.   Over the last ten years, Tesco has provided food to FareShare via its distribution centres and back of store surplus, as well as funding, support from its suppliers, enabled in store and…

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