UK’s biggest supermarket to start giving yellow sticker bargains away for FREE
THE UK's biggest supermarket will start giving yellow sticker bargains away for free as it looks to slash waste.
Tesco is set to introduce the freebies on food due to go out of date across selected Express stores as part of a trial.
The free products will be available for shoppers who visit these branches after 9.30pm.
The move comes as Tesco looks to cut its food waste.
The supermarket giant said it will continue giving some of the end-of-life products to charity as it currently does.
Staff will also get priority for the free products reduced earlier in the day.
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However, any food leftover at this point will be free for shoppers to take home and enjoy.
A Tesco spokesperson 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."
We have asked Tesco for the full list of Express stores where shoppers will be able to get the £0 yellow sticker products and will update this story when we have heard back.
The latest move from the supermarket comes as it plans to halve food waste across its operations by the end of the year.
The retailer also aims to be carbon neutral by 2035 and net zero by 2050.
Ken Murphy, Tesco group chief executive officer, said in 2022: "While I’m proud of our progress in making sure good food doesn’t go to waste, we know there’s still more work to do.
"By accelerating our target to halve food waste in our operations by 2025 and aligning executive pay performance targets to this goal, we hope to drive further transformative change."
In a 2022 report published by consumer website Which?, Tesco was found to be the fifth greenest supermarket out of a list of 11.
How to save money at Tesco
EVERY little helps when it comes to saving money at Tesco.
The Sun's Head of Consumer Tara Evans explains how you can save money at the UK's biggest supermarket.
Clubcard points
Tesco first launched its loyalty scheme back in 1995. You get one point for every £1 you spend in store. If you spend points in store then 100 points is worth £1. You can spend your points via its reward partners and get triple and even sometimes quadruple the value.
Extend Clubcard points
You can find lost Clubcard points and find the last two years of unused vouchers by logging into the Tesco Clubcard site.
Clubcard prices
If you do not have a Clubcard, then you will miss out on its cheaper Clubcard prices. However, don't forget to check prices before you shop because it might not be cheaper than elsewhere, especially on big value items like washing powder and loo roll.
Yellow stickers
Shops vary the times they reduce groceries with yellow stickers, but Tesco tends to be between 7pm and 9pm.
Save money if you shop online
If you get your Tesco food shop delivered then it might be worth buying a delivery saver pass to help cut the cost of delivery fees.
If you live near a Tesco then you can get click and collect slots of as little as 25p, so it might be cheaper than getting your food delivered.
The report was based on a range of factors including plastic use, food waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
What else is happening at Tesco
Tesco shoppers have been left fuming after the retailer axed the pay option via its app at tills.
The popular "Pay In-Store" feature, previously known as Tesco Pay+, was stopped on March 7, with an email sent to customers informing them of the change beforehand.
Customers now have to pay separately after scanning their Clubcard at the till instead of being able to do it in one swipe.
But the move has left shoppers peeved, with one saying they were "gutted" and another "unhappy".
The retailer also recently launched a trial offering customers tailored discounts based on their shopping habits.
The "Your Clubcard Prices" update has been rolled out to selected shoppers signed up to the loyalty scheme, but not UK-wide.
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There are currently 20million Tesco customers with a Clubcard.
You can sign up to the loyalty scheme for free by downloading the app on Google Play or the Apple App Store.
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