Tag: Waitrose

Waitrose diverts five million meals through FareShare

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose stores, customer fulfilment centres and distribution centres across the UK have provided the equivalent of five million surplus meals through FareShare. “Everyone has a right to nourishment and FareShare does a fantastic job of diverting healthy and nutritious food to people most in need.”Lindsey Crompton, Social Impact Manager, John Lewis Partnership Through the FareShare Go programme, more than 300 Waitrose stores across the UK redistribute end of day surplus food to local charities and community groups. Typically including items such as bread, fruit and vegetables, that food is then…

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Waitrose launches first own-brand compostable coffee capsules as homemade lattes replace office brews

Stuart Mitchell

In a supermarket first, Waitrose will start replacing coffee capsules with a home compostable alternative, saving millions of capsules from landfill.   The previous capsules were made from mixed materials (polypropylene with an aluminium lid) which were difficult to separate for recycling.   Now, they will sell coffee capsules made from bio-sourced materials, including sunflower seed bark and sugars derived from corn, which are fully compostable. The lid is made from cellulose and can also be home-composted. The box is fully recyclable.  Arriving in shops this week, the coffee will be the first…

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Waitrose bans disposable plastic toys given away with children’s magazines

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose will step up its efforts to reduce single-use plastic by no longer selling children’s magazines containing disposable toys. The retailer was inspired to act after hearing about the campaign by a 10-year-old girl from Gwynedd, who has launched her own campaign to persuade publishers to end the practice. Many children’s magazines now contain free plastic toys which have a very short lifespan and cannot be easily recycled. This will not include educational or reusable craft items, such as colouring pencils and pens or collectable models which are intended to…

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Waitrose Duchy Organic reaches £30m charitable milestone for The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose has revealed its organic range, Waitrose Duchy Organic,  has generated over £30m for The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund, since the brand was licensed exclusively to Waitrose just over a decade ago.  Sales from the Waitrose Duchy Organic range provide an annual donation to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund (PWCF), with the latest annual donation of £3.6m bringing the total amount raised to over £30m. The PWCF supports charitable causes across the UK including The Prince’s Countryside Fund, which works to secure a brighter future for those who…

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Waitrose helps fight hunger with new trial that delivers surplus food to vulnerable households straight from the farm

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose has teamed up with some of its biggest suppliers and food distribution organisation FareShare in a new trial that will redirect surplus farm food to families in need – the next phase of its Give A Little Love Campaign. From 1 March through to 30 June, Waitrose will be providing funds to FareShare to contribute to the distribution of surplus food from its farms, taking away all handling costs from farmers and helping them to maximise the number of donations they can make. This includes diverting food surplus directly…

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