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UK s retail giants have halved emissions since 2005
An analysis of the climate footprint of dozens of the UK s best-known retailers has revealed that the sector s carbon emissions are down 49% on 2005 levels. Non-essential retailers were permitted to open again in England in April, following almost four months of lockdown restrictions. Pictured: Stores in Oxford
Published by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the figures cover more than 25% of the UK’s retail sector by turnover, accounting for all consortium members disclosing their carbon emissions. Sources of emissions covered include store operations and deliveries to and from stores.
The BRC had set its retailer members a target to deliver a 25% absolute reduction in emissions between 2005 and 2020. Overall, this target was far exceeded.
New Co-op convenience store opens in Sutton Coldfield pub car park
The new Midcounties Co-op Food shop has opened in The Boot Inn s car park, near Good Hope Hospital
A new Co-op Food store has opened in a corner of The Boot Inn car park in Sutton Coldfield
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Wed 5 May 2021 01.01 EDT
The Co-operative Group is slashing the price of its plant-based burgers and sausages to push back against the “unfair” price of vegan food.
Consumers trying to reduce or give up meat often complain alt-meat is more expensive than buying the real thing.
To that end the Co-op is making a seven figure investment in its vegan range Gro with some products, including burgers and sausages, more than halving in price to bring them into line with the meat-based equivalent sold in its 2,600 stores.
Eating plant-based food “shouldn’t cost you more money” said Jo Whitfield, the Co-op Food chief executive, of the move which is part of its bigger plan to reach net zero emissions by 2040. “It’s an industry-wide standard that plant-based alternatives are usually priced higher than their meat and dairy counterparts … this disparity is unfair to those following vegetarian, vegan and flexitarian diets.”