After six years at the helm, Derek Sarno, Tesco’s Director of Plant-Based Innovation is set to leave the British retailer this month, ushering in the next stage of Tesco’s plant-based strategy, with new ‘veg-led’ products which incorporate more vegetables in their recipes set to feature prominently across the category in the future.Sarno was instrumental in
More than 3,500 Tesco UK suppliers can now cut production costs and reduce waste by selling or donating surplus stock or products to other suppliers who can make use of them. Tesco Exchange is a new online marketplace that matches suppliers who have too much of a product, for example, crops, by-products, ingredients or packaging,
As FareShare and the Trussell Trust report they expect to provide food support to more than 1.2 million people in the U.K. this winter, retailer Tesco and its charity partners have launched The Give Back Express - their first ever ‘reverse supermarket’ to help spread Christmas joy and boost donations.Visitors are invited to buy and
UK retailer Tesco and WWF have launched a new accelerator program that pairs pioneering start-ups with Tesco suppliers to fast-track sustainability innovation in the supply chain which can cut the environmental impact of food and support UK food security.Innovation Connections will address a key barrier preventing promising sustainability innovations from being adopted at scale in food
A new move to scrap all baby wipes containing plastic will be made by British retailer Tesco beginning March 14. The supermarket, which is the UK’s biggest seller of baby wipes, will no longer sell branded baby wipes containing plastic.As Tesco stopped using plastic in its Retail Brand (private brand) baby wipes two years ago
British retailer Tesco has now removed more than one and a half billion pieces of plastic from its UK business since it launched its 4Rs – Remove, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle - packaging strategy. In the last 12 months, 500 million more pieces of unnecessary plastic have been identified and removed. The most recent annual
A new partnership between Tesco and packaging manufacturer, Berry Global is now recycling soft plastic collected from customers at Tesco stores and using it to manufacture Tesco Extra Strong trash bags. Tesco has rapidly scaled up the amount of soft plastic collection points and now collects plastic from customers for recycling in over 900 stores.
A new, high-quality Retail Brand roasting potato that can also cut cooking time by a quarter is being launched in the UK. The new variety, which also has environmental benefits, has been grown and developed over the last six years by one of the UK’s largest potato suppliers Branston exclusively for Tesco. Not only
A new way of winding toilet paper more tightly onto cardboard tubes is helping Tesco reduce the size of its Retail Brand large multipacks – without changing the number of sheets. The new rolls mean that: Less plastic is needed to pack them Customers won’t get caught short, as they can fit more in their
A new, greener way of home cleaning that uses considerably less plastic is being launched this week. UK retailer Tesco shoppers will be able to buy refills for cleaning sprays that could help save up to 60 million pieces of plastic a year. The six Retail Brand spray bottles can be reused many times
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