Tag: Waitrose & Partners

Waitrose helps start the conversation around mental health in farming

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose & Partners is helping open the conversation on mental health in Britain’s agriculture sector by sponsoring a series of talks hosted by the Farming Community Network (FCN). Running from September 30th to October 18th, the “Shift Happens” will aim to promote positive mental health, as well as help members of the farming community manage difficult business and personal issues by being more open with their peers. The talks will focus on the most prominent issues that afflict the mental health of agricultural workers in the UK, which are in…

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Waitrose & Partners aims to help wipe out sewer blockages

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose & Partners has become the first UK supermarket to achieve ‘Fine to Flush’ certification for its own label wet wipes.   Waitrose fragrance-free moist toilet tissue refills and Waitrose lightly fragranced moist toilet tissue refills will now be certified as ‘Fine to Flush’, the standard introduced in January this year by Water UK, which represents water companies across the country.  The two products, which are both plastic-free, are available in stores from today and packs will soon carry the ‘Fine to Flush’ logo. This means they have both passed…

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Waitrose & Partners launch coloured packaging made from recycled plastic for its ready meals.

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose & Partners is launching coloured packaging made from recycled plastic for its ready meals.  The new trays, made predominantly from mixed coloured PET bottles and trays, means the packaging may be a different colour every time it is produced, depending on what is being recycled. From pink and red tones, to shades of green and blue, the new packaging is unlikely to be the same twice, meaning customers could buy their ready meal in a different colour tray every time they shop. The ‘multi coloured swap’ allows Waitrose to…

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Waitrose Unpacked refillables test to launch in more shops after positive response in Oxford

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose & Partners is to extend its ‘Unpacked’ test in Oxford beyond the original end date of 18 August and has committed to introducing elements of the concept into three more shops by the end of the year, after an overwhelmingly positive response.  The retailer transformed its Botley Road shop in June taking more than 200 products out of their packaging to test how customers might be prepared to shop differently, with the aim of saving thousands of tonnes of unnecessary plastic.  The test, now into its ninth week, set…

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Waitrose & Partners celebrates Organic September 2019

Stuart Mitchell

Celebrate Organic September with Waitrose Duchy Organic, the UK’s largest own label organic brand with a range of over 300 organic products including the oaten biscuit, preserves, golden ale and bacon.  As pioneers of organic food in supermarkets, Waitrose & Partners was entrusted with the Duchy Organic brand in 2009.  Since then, sales of the range have exceeded £1 billion generating a contribution to The Prince of Wales Charitable Fund for donation to good causes of over £23.5 million.  As well as helping good causes the brand is also pioneering…

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