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Tesco backs further 16 innovative new brands as part of 2024 Accelerator Programme

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has stepped up its commitment to championing exciting, diverse new brands by launching a second cohort of products for its 2024 Accelerator Programme. Building on the success of previous intakes, sixteen brands will join the Tesco initiative, which aims to introduce small and trend-led brands into Tesco. The programme provides a comprehensive year-long mentoring, learning, and development experience focused on growth, and has been designed to deliver innovation for customers while supporting diversity within its supply base. Among the selection criteria is a commitment to support brands led by…

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FareShare and Tesco hit huge 220 million meals milestone

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco and FareShare are marking a major milestone in their partnership having redistributed the equivalent of 220 million meals’ worth of food together. Having worked together for more than 12 years, Tesco redistributes surplus food from its stores and distribution centres via FareShare ensuring no good food goes to waste. That food is then delivered to charities and community groups across the UK, who turn it into food parcels and nutritious meals for people in their community. Matthew Barnes, UK CEO of Tesco, said: “Tesco is immensely proud of its…

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Crisp packets, bread bags and yoghurt tops to get a new life as furniture for NHS gardens

Stuart Mitchell

Thousands of pieces of soft plastics, such as bread bags and crisp packets, dropped off by customers at Tesco stores are to get a new lease of life as outdoor furniture and garden equipment in a series of community gardens being designed for NHS Property Services.  Veolia has introduced an innovative recycling process that can turn soft plastic, which previously was difficult to recycle, into items such as benches, decking, tables and raised beds. The recycled gardening products will be donated to the NHSPS Social Prescribing Programme to introduce nature…

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Tesco launches innovative feed trial to cut dairy emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced it’s partnering with Grosvenor Farms, one of its key UK dairy farms, to trial a methane-reducing feed supplement for dairy cows. Identified as having one of the lowest carbon footprints of any UK milk producer, Grosvenor Farms, one of the original members of the Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG), has added the methane-reducing feed supplement to the diet of 400 cows as part of the trial. Methane from cattle burps and manure is a big contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. In digesting their high fibre diet, cows…

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Arrival of the laser-etched avocado as Tesco makes plastic-saving move

Stuart Mitchell

Avocado fans will notice some dramatic changes when they pick up one of Britain’s most popular salad items at Tesco. In a move to help the environment, the supermarket will trial the scrapping of barcode stickers currently on extra large avocados and replace them with a bold laser etching. At the same time it is also trialling replacing the plastic tray packaging for two of its most popular avocado lines and moving to a cardboard container that is easier to recycle. If rolled out across all stores, the moves, made…

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