Health & wellbeing
We want to help ordinary families make healthier food choices, everyday.
When times are hard, it is more important than ever to make it easy, affordable and enjoyable for people to shop for food that will have a positive impact on their health and wellbeing.
In addition, we are committed to supporting the wider community by taking part in health and wellbeing initiatives at a local and national level. We’ve found many ways to meet these challenges – explore this section to find out more.
We believe fresh, healthy food should be available to every local community
Our primary aim is to ensure our retail partners can deliver freshness and value to their customers. We always try to do this by supporting the local businesses that help drive employment and build vibrant sustainable communities.
- Across our business we have developed detailed sourcing policies for all own-label products.
- In Great Britain, we are continuing our work with the Food Standards Agency on a ‘Traffic Lights’ scheme.
- We are expanding into the Food Standards Agency policies on salt reduction and saturated fat reduction.
- As food retailers, we are subject to regular, independent hygiene inspections. There were no incidents of non-compliance with regulations or voluntary codes concerning health & safety impacts of our products during the reporting period.
- All of our own label products in Great Britain have had hydrogenated fat removed and replaced with palm oil (produced from sustainable sources).
- In Ireland, as an absolute minimum, all of our products comply with the law, but we are going further to develop an optimal ingredients and nutrition policy. The criteria – quality, taste, price - guides our suppliers on the ingredient and nutritional composition requirements for own-brand products.
- Fresh food continues to be an absolute focus in terms of developing our business with health and wellbeing at its core.
