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Volunteers wanted for UK’s biggest Christmas food collection

Kind-hearted volunteers are being sought in Plymouth to help with a nationwide food collection to help people in need this Christmas.

Leading food charities FareShare and The Trussell Trust are looking for members of the public to help man donation points at larger Tesco stores from Thursday, November 30 to Saturday, December 2 as part of the Tesco Food Collection.

The annual...

Poppy's Disney Princess wishes come to life

Hallmark have brought one little girl's Disney wishes to life, thanks to a competition that ran in Tesco’s across the country.

To celebrate the launch of the all new Beauty and the Beast cards by Hallmark at Tesco, to support the latest Beauty and the Beast film, starring Emma Watson, in March of this year, Tesco launched a competition that gave children across the UK the chance to...

Tesco serves up 79,092 meals in Plymouth,

Tesco’s food surplus redistribution initiative, Community Food Connection, has now served up 79,092 meals from Plymouth stores, a total 270,167 from Devon stores and 10 million meals nationally, helping more than 5,000 charities and community groups across the country.

This work is a key part of Tesco’s target to ensure no food safe for human consumption will go to waste by the end of...

Plymouth donates 6,600 meals to help feed people in need this Christmas

Shoppers in Plymouth demonstrated their generosity earlier this month, by donating 6,600 meals to foodbank charity The Trussell Trust and food redistribution charity FareShare for Tesco’s Neighbourhood Food Collection.

The Neighbourhood Food Collection runs in all Tesco stores across the country, to collect vital store cupboard essential foods, such as rice, tea, tinned meat and UHT...

Petrol 99p a litre from midday at Tesco

From midday today (FRIDAY) the price of unleaded petrol hit 99.9p at all of Tesco’s 500 Petrol filling stations. There’ll also be a penny drop on diesel meaning no customer misses out by shopping at Tesco this Christmas.

Peter Cattell, Fuel Director for Tesco said: “We want to do all we can to help our customers in the run-up to Christmas. We know that our customers really value low...

80 per cent fall in plastic bag use

The number of plastic bags taken home by shoppers at Tesco stores in England has dropped by almost 80 per cent since a 5p levy was introduced according to a report

Supermarket bosses have declined to say how many 5p bags had been bought but said it was down 78% on the month before the charge, the Daily Telegraph reports.

The government brought in the charge in October to help...

Shoppers Go Alfresco

The UK’s most enticing food and drink RoadShow is visiting Devon as part of the 2015 Gastro Alfresco campaign!

The Gastro Alfresco summer RoadShow, along with nine of the country’s most beloved brands, is visiting: Ivybridge, Lee Mill Tesco Extra on Thursday 25 June on their crusade to bring the UK off their sofa and into the sun. With the longer and warmer days, Gastro Alfresco...

Police appeal after filling station assault

P olice would like to speak to anybody who may have witnessed an assault that occurred at the Tesco filling station in Woolwell Crescent, Bickleigh Down Business Park in Plymouth, between 12:50 and 1.15pm on Sunday 7 December.

The victim was assaulted by a man on the forecourt and then shortly after the same man accosted him near to the pedestrian crossing beside Domino’s pizza. The...

Nearly 30,000 tonnes of food is wasted, says Tesco

The Supermarket giant Tesco has unveiled new food waste figures for its operations and supply chain, alongside statistics that show 68 per cent of bagged salad is wasted and 35 per cent of this waste occurs in the home.

As a first step in reducing this waste, Tesco is today announcing it will end multi-buys on large bags of salad and is developing mix-and-match promotions for smaller...

Supermarkets withdraw "staggeringly offensive" costumes after outcry over mental health insensitivity

UK retailers have withdrawn controversial costumes from sale following criticism on social media.

The costumes attracted a number of complaints for being insensitive to people with mental health problems.

Asda, owned by US company Walmart, received the bulk of the criticism - via the social media site Twitter - over its sale of a ‘mental patient costume’.

Among the...

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