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11 May 2023
The Spanish market leader continues to innovate across its network and remains focused on the evolving to shopper demand. Mercadona is committed to reducing prices and emissions whilst increasing its presence in Portugal and strengthening its online presence since the pandemic.   Mercadona cutting prices, saving €200m for shoppers Mercadona is well known for its EDLP strategy in the Spanish...
09 May 2023
As part of the food and consumer goods industry’s shared ambition to halve the environmental impact of the UK packaging system by 2030, IGD has launched a new heatmap report to highlight where the opportunities for action lie in UK supermarkets. ‘ Packaging: which supermarket categories have the biggest opportunities for action? ’ is a free report that aims to help industry take action and r...
24 April 2023
A round-up of recent announcements from Asda. Online customers to receive updates via branded text messages Asda will become the first major UK retailer to use branded SMS text message updates for online customers. The move aims to provide peace of mind to customers receiving text updates that the messages are genuine, reducing the number of failed deliveries. Asda has partnered with ...
19 April 2023
In Carrefour’s 2026 strategy plan the group expansion its commitments towards further developing its sustainability initiatives. Carrefour notes shoppers increasing concerns about the impacts of climate change. It is aiming to meet shoppers’ growing expectations to create a better sustainable shopping experiences through a range of initiatives. In its 2026 strategy Carrefour highlights it wants t...
19 April 2023
Tops, a banner operated by Central Retail, has partnered with Yindii to reduce food waste. Source: Central Retail How does it work? Yindii is Southeast Asia's number one food surplus buying and selling application. It serves as a bridge between restaurants, bakeries and supermarkets and consumers. On Yindii app, Tops will sell good quality surplus food as surprising bags at THB2...
14 April 2023
Dominos has opened its first ever low-carbon store in Hammersmith, London. The store opening coincides with the launch of Domino’s new sustainability strategy, ‘Connect the Dots’ , which sets out clear goals across five key areas: Our Customers, Our People, Our Environment, Our Sourcing, Our Communities.   Source: Domino’s   A fundamental part of the Our Environment pillar ...
03 March 2023
Morrisons has opened a new recycling plant in Fife that will reprocess previously ‘hard-to-recycle’ soft plastics. The site is co-owned by Morrisons and was constructed and will be operated by recycling plant specialists Yes Recycling. A number of other organisations, including Nestlé UK & Ireland and Zero Waste Scotland, have also been involved in the development of the facility. The new recy...
03 March 2023
New legislation will see leading supermarket and hypermarket chains in Singapore charge shoppers at least SGD0.05 (US$0.04) for disposable carrier bags from 3 July 2023. This is to encourage shoppers to reduce waste and adopt a more sustainable lifestyle. Mandatory for larger store formats Larger supermarket and hypermarket retailers with an annual turnover of over SGD100m (US$74m) will be ...
24 February 2023
Sainsbury’s has announced it is swapping traditional, plastic tray packaging for a new vacuum-packed alternative across its beef mince range, saving 450 tonnes of plastic annually. The new packaging will result in a minimum 55% reduction in plastic per product. The beef mince products will be vacuum-packed for freshness by removing all oxygen which typically causes a product to eventually spoi...
23 February 2023
Tesco Czech Republic has launched a couple of new initiatives to counter food waste: a new app to facilitate donations to food banks and a change to in-store merchandising for products approaching their sell-by dates. Launch of Foodiverse app Tesco offers unsold surplus food from its stores every day to non-profit organisations that work with food banks. The new Foodiverse app will facilita...