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 […]
Heat Seal Card Punnets – a breakthrough in packaging sustainability
A series of new punnet and tray designs, launched by food packaging specialists Westpak Group Ltd, are offering retailers and suppliers across the grocery industry a set of commercially viable paper-based alternative to plastic punnets while maintaining strong compatibility with standardised heat-sealing tooling and machinery.
Groceries in minutes… Packaging prepares for ultra-fast delivery.
Supermarkets providing home delivery is certainly nothing new. In fact, home delivery services in the UK stretch all the way back to the mid-nineties! What is more contemporary, however, is the trend of supermarkets and retailers partnering with major distribution and delivery providers to offer ultra-fast home-delivery capabilities. Recently, we’ve seen Co-op announce its partnership […]
Deliveroo launches ‘Hop’, a new rapid grocery service from delivery-only stores with Morrisons food
Deliveroo has launched a new rapid grocery delivery service known as ‘Deliveroo Hop’. The new service will operate from delivery-only grocery stores offering consumers grocery in as little as 10 minutes.
Conflicting needs? How to reduce packaging while maintaining strength.
Cited as one of the four ‘Rs’ of recycling – ‘reduction’ is currently one of the key packaging objectives across the grocery and foodservice industries. Supermarkets are demonstrating their efforts to remove vast amounts of plastic packaging as well as introducing various refill stations across their stores. But while consumers have come to expect a significant reduction in packaging, the stresses of logistics and transport processes largely remain unchained.
Co-op announces new partnership with Amazon
Co-op has announced plans to accelerate its e-commerce strategy and drive rapid growth in the market for community-based home deliveries, with a new partnership with Amazon and an acceleration of Starship robot deliveries.
Morrisons Launches Move Towards UK’s First ‘Zero Waste’ Stores
Morrisons is launching a move towards the UK’s first six ‘zero waste’ stores in Edinburgh* which will have the ability to operate with zero waste by 2025 – either from the store itself or from the customers who shop at that store. If successful, the ‘zero waste’ store format will be rolled out to all […]
Big brands and everyday essentials in reusable packaging: Loop launches in Tesco stores
Tesco has launched a ground-breaking way for its customers to shop that allows them to buy a wide range of food, drink, household and beauty products in reusable and durable packaging.
Sainsbury’s rolls out largest flexible plastic packaging recycling system
Following a successful trial in the North East of England, Sainsbury’s has rolled out an innovative new recycling system to a total of 520 supermarkets allowing customers to recycle all flexible plastic packaging which is not commonly accepted for kerbside collection by local authorities.
Maximising return from ‘pick your own’
It’s easy to see why ‘pick your own’ (PYO) farms have remained so popular with Brits – visiting one of the UK’s many PYO farms provides an affordable afternoon out for families to soak up the sun, enjoy the outdoors and gather nutritious and delicious fresh produce.
