Sustainability
Petco Unveils Clean Grooming Initiative
Petco Health announced this week the launch of its Clean Grooming initiative, becoming the first national pet retailer to offer designated Clean Grooming services and products. Pet owners can now easily identify grooming services and products without parabens, phthalates, and chemical dyes, so they can make informed decisions about their pets' routine care and overall health. "We're thrilled to offer Clean ingredient transparency in our grooming services and products as the next step in Petco's evolution as a leader in pet health and wellness," said Jason Heffelfinger, Petco's Chief Services Officer. "Whether at home or in one of our
Sainsbury’s Switches Laundry Detergent From Plastic To Cardboard
UK grocer Sainsbury’s has announced the launch of its new Retail-owned Brand (private brand) laundry liquid detergent packaging in all stores and online this week, designed to help customers reduce plastic at home. The new packaging will help to save around 22 tons of plastic annually. The change is across all private brand 750ml laundry detergents, replacing sleeved plastic bottle packaging with cardboard cartons. The products are available across Sainsbury’s tropical super concentrated, bio super concentrated, non-bio super concentrated, color super concentrated, and lavender super concentrated lines. Customers can conveniently recycle the packaging at the curbside or deposit the packaging
Aldi UK Launches ‘Magic Bags’ With £10 Worth of Food For £3.30
Aldi UK has partnered up with the world’s largest surplus food platform to offer Aldi x Too Good To Go ‘Magic Bag’ for just £3.30 at hundreds of its British stores. In a bid to tackle food waste, while offering even low prices, Aldi teamed up with Too Good To Go to offer surplus food bags in its 990 British stores. The ‘Magic Bags’ will be packed full of a wide range of primarily Retail-owned Brand (private brand) groceries that are approaching their sell-by or use-by dates at less than a third of the price. The bags will sell
Spanish grocer EROSKI Launches a New Vegan Range
Spanish grocer EROSKI has launched a new range of Retail-owned Brand (private brand) vegan products. The new EROSKI VEGGIE range responds to new consumer demands and food tastes and includes products that cover the needs of people who opt for vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets. The new collection is made up of about twenty packaged and fresh food products, in addition to four that were previously on the market and it is expected that more will be incorporated this year. “Our commitment to health and sustainability also seeks to expand the diversity of our offer so that consumers can
Sainsbury’s To Vacuum Pack All Ground Beef Saving 450 Tons Of Plastic Each Year
Sainsbury’s has announced it is swapping traditional, plastic tray packaging for a new vacuum-packed alternative across its ground beef saving 450 tons of plastic annually. A supermarket-first, the new packaging will result in a minimum 55% reduction in plastic per product. The change will be across all Sainsbury’s ground beef products, currently retailing from as little as £1.99 for 500g. The products will be vacuum-packed for freshness by removing all oxygen which typically causes a product to eventually spoil. The new packaging will contain the same amount of beef mince, but is smaller in size, helping customers to use
Co-op UK to Eliminate Fruit & Veg Best Before Dates
Best before dates on fresh fruit and veg are set to ‘expire’ as Co-op UK axes the dates from more than 150 lines of fresh produce in a move designed to help customers cut food waste in the home and save money, the convenience retailer has today confirmed. Shoppers will see changes in store later this month (February) with best before dates removed from all of Co-op’s fresh produce – including: apples; oranges; tomatoes, carrots; potatoes; onions and broccoli - with the exception of a small number of the more perishable products, or where it can be harder to use
Conscious Consumerism Goes Mainstream – Fair Trade USA
Fair Trade USA has released its new 2022 Consumer Insights Report: An Investment in Trust: Conscious Consumerism Goes Mainstream Despite Economic Headwinds. The report examines the continuing drive of today's consumers in their ethical quest to purchase fair trade products. Key findings from the report show conscious consumerism moving into the mainstream, with a wider range of consumers intentionally seeking Fair Trade Certified products and seeing this as one of the ways to most impact lives, communities, and the environment by purchasing with purpose. "This new research shows a positive trend on the rise, as consumer awareness of fair trade products increases," said Paul Rice, Founder
Sofidel Ranks Best in Household Products Industry for ESG Risk Rating
Sofidel, a global household products company and private brand manufacturer received a ESG Risk Rating of 13.6 from Morningstar Sustainalytics, ranking it first out of over 120 companies in the Household Products industry. The rating recognized Sofidel for its strong commitment to the preservation of biodiversity, anti-corruption strategies, transparency, and efforts to fight climate change and global warming. With 1,500 employees across the U.S., Sofidel also placed in the "Low Risk" category as of August 2022, that lists companies with a strong ability to manage the environmental, social and governance risks that characterize the three areas of a company's
Albert Heijn wins Healthy Innovation Award
Dutch retailer Albert Heijn's Retail-owned Brand (private brand) Smoked Salmon with 25% less salt came first in the prize of the jury at the Healthy Innovation Awards. The smoked salmon was unanimously chosen as the winner because the product makes a strong contribution to health awareness and healthier choices, according to the jury. The smoked salmon with less salt has already won prizes in the 'best product of the year' election. The prize is a nice confirmation of the steps that Albert Heijn is taking to improve products and to make healthier choices easier. Albert Heijn is constantly looking
Sainsburys Grows Plant Pioneers
Plant Pioneers, successful plant-based brand offering by British grocer Sainsbury’s, has received a major update courtesy of design agency Foster & Baylis. Originally appointed to create the Plant Pioneers identity back in 2019 and subsequently asked to refresh it in 2022, Foster & Baylis have seen this trailblazing brand grow from 10 SKUs to around 100 SKUs since its inception. Originally launched as a meat-substitute offering it has expanded its portfolio to cover fresh, frozen and ambient ranges! The current global crisis has resulted in the health & wellbeing industry skyrocketing – and Plant Pioneers wanted to capitalize on it.
