Re-use your bags and be rewarded at Sainsbury’s Belgrave Road
From Saturday 14th June, Sainsbury’s Belgrave Road will begin rewarding customers who re-use their bags at the checkouts, by giving them one Nectar point for every bag they re-use.
Sainsbury’s recently announced its plans to reduce the number of free plastic bags they give away by 50% by April 2009. To achieve this target Sainsbury’s Belgrave Road is working together with its customers to reduce, re-use and recycle plastic bags, making a positive difference to the environment.
The ‘Make the Difference’ day on Saturday 14th June builds on Sainsbury’s Belgrave Road previous ‘Bag for Life’ days, where it gave away over 15 million Bags for Life, and its recent ‘Take an old bag shopping’ day, where the store reminded customers to re-use their bags. Now Sainsbury’s Belgrave Road is going to build on the success of both these activities and go one step further by rewarding customers for re-using their bags.
Tony Howe, store manager, says: “I think it’s fantastic that we are rewarding customers for re-using bags and this will really help us to meet our 50% plastic bag reduction target.”
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1% Fat Milk giveaway at Sainsbury’s Belgrave Road, Fosse Park, Wigston, Glen Road
This Friday (16th May) Sainsbury’s Belgrave Road, Fosse Park, Wigston and Glen Road Oadby will be giving customers the chance to receive a free pint of its new 1% fat milk.
As part of Sainsbury’s ‘Make the difference’ day customers will be given the opportunity to sample 1% fat milk, which has almost half the fat of semi-skimmed milk, but all of its goodness and taste.
So on this ‘Make the difference �� day Sainsbury’s Belgrave Road will be challenging customers to see if they can tell the difference in taste between 1% fat and semi-skimmed milk and hopefully they will be encouraged to switch to this healthier alternative.
Customers will be given a coupon, which can be redeemed against one pint of Sainsbury’s own label 1% fat milk or as a part payment for two or four pints.
1% fat milk is already hugely popular in the US and Canada, and with the UK launch in Sainsbury’s stores nationwide, it looks set to become the preferred choice for health conscious shoppers who still want to enjoy the taste of semi-skimmed milk. If all UK semi-skimmed consumers were to switch to 1% fat milk, they could reduce their saturated fat intake by a massive 12,000 tonnes per year!
Although it contains 40% less fat than semi-skimmed, 1% fat milk retains the same amount of calcium and vitamin B, making it a great choice every day.
Tony Howe, store manager, says: “I am delighted that we are giving customers the opportunity to try this new product and taste for themselves how great it is. I am going to be pouring it over my cereal every morning!”
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As well as giving funding advice to community groups from John Storer House, Loughborough, Voluntary Action Charnwood is going to libraries in Charnwood.
The next session is at Sileby Library on Friday 29th February, 10am-12.30pm & 2-6pm. Hourly bookable sessions are available.
Also at Thurmaston Library on Monday 10th March, 10am-5pm.
Please contact Cath Walker or Vicci Barrett to book a session on 01509 631784/787.