Waitrose, the UK supermarket chain, is offering customers the chance to purchase entirely packaging-free food and drink at a trial in its Oxford store. Shoppers will be able to bring their own containers, which they can fill from the first dedicated refill station in a leading UK supermarket. A choice of 160 loose fruit and vegetables will be available, along with four different wines and four beers on tap to be taken home in reusable bottles and nearly 30 products including pasta, rice, grains, couscous, lentils, cereals, dried fruit and seeds available from dispensers. Products available in the trial include cleaning materials, rice, beer and wine. The move comes as part of an initiative by Tesco that aims to reduce packaging waste across all its stores – including those outside London. The store is also trialling pick and mix frozen fruit and a borrow-a-box scheme for transporting purchases.
Waitrose, the UK supermarket chain, is offering customers the chance to purchase entirely packaging-free food and drink at a trial in its Oxford store. Shoppers will be able to bring their own containers, which they can fill from the first dedicated refill station in a leading UK supermarket. Products available in the trial include cleaning materials, rice, beer and wine. The move comes as part of an initiative by Tesco that aims to reduce packaging waste across all its stores – including those outside London. The store is also trialling pick and mix frozen fruit and a borrow-a-box scheme for transporting purchases.