Tesco to stop sale of plastic-wrapped multipacks in stores

Tesco is banishing shrink-wrapped multipacks of baked beans, soup and tuna from its aisles as part of a drive to slash its use of plastic packaging.

The store-cupboard staples are among the biggest selling groceries in UK supermarkets. Tesco said shoppers would not end up paying more because the packs would be replaced with permanent multi-buy deals on individual tins.

The packaging is being removed from Tesco’s own label products as well as from major brands such as Heinz, Green Giant, John West and Princes.

Shoppers will begin to see the changes in store from March when Tesco will cease to order products that are in plastic-wrapped multipacks.

The Guardian