Sainsbury’s to transform eat-in and takeaway food offer with top brands
Sainsbury’s has announced plans to transform its eat-in, takeaway and home delivery food and drink offer. The move follows a successful trial of a new food hall format called ‘The Restaurant Hub’ at one of its key stores. In partnership with Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG), ‘The Restaurant Hub’ offers eat-in, takeaway and home-delivered hot food and drink from various popular brands.
Morrisons Makes Salad Bars Greener by Introducing ‘Rentable Boxes’
As part of a new sustainability initiative, Morrisons has announced that it is introducing new ‘rentable’ boxes on its Salad Bar in key trial stores. It has also announced the removal of plastic cutlery from all its stores. The scheme known as ‘Refill a Box’ is the first of its kind to be trialled by a UK supermarket. The boxes will replace the supermarket’s current large salad boxes and are designed to be used 400 times.
Aldi’s checkout-free concept store opens for public testing
Aldi, the UK’s fifth largest supermarket, has opened its first checkout-free store in London. The Aldi ‘Shop&Go’ concept store in Greenwich opened for public testing, having been tested by Aldi colleagues in recent months. The new trial store allows customers to complete their shop without scanning a single product, or having to go through a checkout.
LIDL gives green light to leaf marque on UK fresh produce
Lidl GB has announced that it will see its entire British fresh produce supplier base achieving ‘LEAF Marque’ certification by the end of 2023. LEAF Marque is a leading global environmental assurance system, run by global farming organisation LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), recognising more sustainably-farmed products.
M&S helps customers to enjoy lower carbon diets
M&S is launching its Sparking Change National Challenge, inviting its customers to try a lower carbon diet. Available through its ‘Sparks’ loyalty reward scheme, participants will be supported with a range of resources designed to help them make delicious, and more sustainable meals from scratch. M&S will be providing ideas around incorporating more plant-based protein […]
WRAP and Behaviour Change unite to fight the climate emergency
With concern over the climate emergency intensifying but with little focus on the impact of individual consumption, ‘WRAP’ has joined forces with ‘ehaviour Change’ to fill this void.
Are grocery and foodservice still mutually exclusive?
Supermarket home delivery is something we’ve all become very accustomed to, and it’s easy to see why – determining the delivery date and time-slot for your weekly shop is the ideal convenience for fitting-in with our ever busy lifestyles. In addition to their convenience, these delivery services are also typically defined by their uniformity. That […]
Veganuary hits two million participants since launching in 2014
Veganuary, the global pledge to try vegan for 31 days, has celebrated a huge milestone – a total of two million people have officially signed up since the pledge began in 2014.
Foodservice inflation set to rise as supply chain issues cause Christmas concerns
Rising demand, product shortages and distribution issues are combining to put foodservice prices under severe pressure as the run-up to Christmas begins, the new edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals.
New ‘Water Roadmap’ targets water security for the food and drink sector
WRAP, in partnership with WWF, The Rivers Trust and many other supporting organisations, has launched the ‘Roadmap towards Water Security for the Food & Drink Supply’ (the ‘Water Roadmap’) to protect vital water resources for the benefit of nature, local communities and the food and drink sector.
