Tag: Waitrose

UK’s largest grocery retailers set sights on prefill to take more single use packaging off shelf

Stuart Mitchell

Nine of the UK’s largest grocery retailers, with support from UK Governments and WRAP, have recently issued a joint Statement of Intent to explore how reusable packaging could be implemented across their stores and online.  The plan is to offer a system that makes it easy to shop for prefilled* items in stores and online and marks a bold commitment towards a standardised in-store and online system to reduce the amount of single use packaging put on the market, to give shoppers a better experience outside of single use packaging. …

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Waitrose backs British farmers to introduce low carbon farming projects

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose has announced the recipients of a new £500k fund aimed at helping British farmers transition to low carbon farming methods, as part of its commitment to reach net zero across its UK farms by 2035 and the entire supply chain by 2050. The net zero farm fund will support nine innovative projects that reduce agricultural emissions and build resilience in farming. James Bailey, Managing Director, Waitrose said: “We’re really pleased to be able to support our farmers with projects that will not only help drive down real emissions but…

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Four major supermarkets launch joint campaign to help fight hunger in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

One in seven people go hungry in the UK, 2.7 million of them children and in community centres, schools and shelters across the country, the demand for meals is only increasing. The food industry working together:The food industry is joining forces to help tackle the issue, at scale, through a new campaign and a new coalition. On May 19th, the Let’s make a meal of it campaign launches across four major supermarkets – one of the most ambitious retailer collaborations to date, to help fight hunger in the UK. It…

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Waitrose becomes the latest retailer to join Polytag’s Ecotrace Programme

Stuart Mitchell

Leading British supermarket chain, Waitrose & Partners, has become the latest major retailer to join Polytag’s Ecotrace Programme, an industry-led initiative aimed at transforming the tracking and recycling of single-use plastic packaging in the UK. As an Ecotrace member, Waitrose will gain access to the Polytag dashboard – an online hub which displays never-seen-before, live barcode-level lifecycle data on plastic packaging materials as they enter the recycling stream. Ecotrace – transforming the UK’s recycling sector The Ecotrace Programme was launched in the summer of 2024 to optimise the identification and…

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Waitrose becomes first supermarket to set new benchmark for better chicken welfare standards

Stuart Mitchell

From early April all fresh chicken from Waitrose meets the elevated ‘Better Chicken Commitment’, guaranteeing customers significantly higher quality and ethically sourced fresh British poultry.  By the end of August all Waitrose own brand chicken will meet BCC’s higher welfare standards – a move described by the RSPCA as ‘trailblazing’.  At the same time, Waitrose is launching a radically transparent welfare labelling scheme, to help customers make informed choices and understand the specific methods of production and quality of life behind their chicken. While launching its own welfare labelling scheme,…

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