Tesco to give shoppers free food to meet net zero targets
Tesco is to give away food for free to shoppers as it races to slash waste and hit net zero targets. The company will introduce “yellow sticker” prices of £0 for food that is about to go out of date. At present, discounts are typically limited to 90pc.
Bosses are testing the change in a small number of Express stores for shoppers who visit after 9.30pm, in a trial aimed at slashing food waste as part of its net zero targets. It comes after a boom in demand for discounted food across supermarkets, with sales of yellow sticker items soaring as shoppers battle a jump in prices.
Figures from Barclays in 2023 suggested that almost two thirds of households were buying discounted products. Tesco aims to give unsold food to charities, but some of it has instead been used to generate gas that can be burned for energy – a process counted as waste.
Tesco has a target to cut its food waste by 50pc by 2025 as part of a wider net zero push. The company said in its last annual report that it was keeping this “ambitious” target, which is partly used to help determine the level of share-based bonus for Ken Murphy, its chief executive.
A spokesman for Tesco said: “We are constantly looking for innovative new ways to reduce food waste. In all our stores we offer unsold surplus food to charities and community groups, donating millions of meals each month.
“This trial, in a small number of our Express stores, will allow customers to take any remaining yellow stickered items for free at the end of the day, after they have first been offered to charities and colleagues.”
source: Yahoo
Match the words and expressions with their definitions.
1 | boom | a | to give money or goods to help a person or organization |
2 | charity | b | someone who is chosen by a group or organization to speak officially to the public for them |
3 | demand | c | an organization whose purpose is to give money, food, or help to people in need |
4 | donate | d | an increase in something |
5 | spokesman | e | a need for something |
key: 1-d, 2-c, 3-e, 4-a, 5-b
Vocabulary
| to race | versenybe szállni |
| to slash waste | csökkenteni a hulladékot |
| net | nettó |
| target | cél |
| to introduce | bevezetni |
| to go out of date | lejár a szavatossága |
| discount | árengedmény |
| trial | próbálkozás |
| to aim at | célként kitűzni |
| boom | növekedés |
| demand | igény |
| to soar | elszállni |
| to battle | küzdeni |
| jump in prices | az árak megugrása |
| charity | jótékonysági intézmény |
| to burn | elégetni |
| to determine | meghatározni |
| spokesman | szóvivő |
| constantly | állandóan |
| surplus | fölösleges |
| to donate | adományozni |
| customer | vásárló |
