Tesco is ready to start a test, where customers will be given to finish food for free at the end of the day as the British supermarket chain attempts to cut food wastage. The company is already giving a concessional “yellow stickers” items in some of its small express stores in some of its small express stores in the coming months, according to a report. BBC,
Tesco is Britain’s largest supermarket chain, with 27.8 percent market share, with 3,700 domestic stores and 750 more abroad. Supermarket giants, with other chains, promised to reduce food waste by 2030.
A company spokesperson said, “This test will allow customers to take any remaining yellowish items for free at the end of the day, as they have been first introduced to donations and colleagues.”
Tesco already donates the termination of food for charity and foodbank. It said that the charity and shop workers will get the first priority when the customers are introduced. Earlier there was a maximum decrease in the maximum 90 percent price in foods affecting a yellow sticker.
“We are constantly looking for innovative new ways to reduce food waste. In all our stores we provide unusual surplus food to donations and community groups every month, donating millions of foods.”
In 2023/24, Supermarkets achieved a 61 percent decrease in full emissions from their operations compared to 2015, more than the target of 60 percent of 60 percent.
“We have done this by using energy and refrigeration more efficiently, and by adopting 100 percent renewable power in the entire group.”
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Gender crisis
Amidst the cost-living crisis, a bounce in the demand for concessional food in the supermarket has been seen with the sale of yellow sticker items in Britain. An analysis by Barclays showed that about two-thirds of families were buying concessional products in 2023.
Additionally, more people are moving towards food banks for survival. According to the Trust Trust Food Bank, more than 1.4 million new users have visited food banks in the last two years.
