9 Sustainability Trends To Watch Our For In Irish Supermarkets In 2024
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Much has changed in retail in recent years. Retail and its shoppers came out of the pandemic more digitalised and, with the war in Ukraine and subsequent energy crisis, retailers took notice of their utility bills and looked for ways to reduce them. More discussion is intensifying around carbon footprint and people are making more ‘conscious’ choices. Shoppers are adapting their habits, and many retailers genuinely see the benefit of having a sustainable approach to do better by their customers, staff, community and planet.
Successful sustainable retailing requires three key components: having a circular sustainable mindset; facilitating education and empowerment around sustainable solutions; and taking action to drive change. So what are the actions leading to key trends for 2024 and how are grocery retailers globally and locally bringing these to life within their stores? Some of the most proactive retailers are keeping it simple, strengthening sustainable elements of their business and rolling out initiatives that support small but steady changes for good.
Applegreen And M&S Food To Expand Partnership
Applegreen – one of Ireland’s leading roadside retailers – and M&S Food are to significantly expand their partnership, following a successful first year of operations, wherein trading has exceeded expectations.
Applegreen and M&S have signed an exclusive ten-year agreement that will add up to 60 new M&S Food at Applegreen locations during that time.
Applegreen intends to open 15 new M&S Food locations by the end of 2024, increasing the overall number of outlets to 20.
Bord Bia Awards 97 Irish Food And Drink Companies For Their Sustainability Performances
Bord Bia has acknowledged the sustainability performances of 97 Irish food and drink companies that have attained Origin Green Gold Membership in 2023.
Gold Membership is given to companies that are members of the Origin Green programme, in recognition of their enhanced sustainability efforts.
The Gold Members were formally recognised at Bord Bia’s recent annual Origin Green Sustainability Seminar, which was opened by Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Since the establishment of the awards in 2020, a total of 234 Irish food, drink and horticulture companies have been awarded Gold Membership. Overall, the 97 companies come from 21 counties and represent sectors such as dairy, meat, seafood and aquaculture, confectionery, beverages and horticulture.
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