Savings in action: supermarket benefits from switching to pallets from roll cages
Safeway has achieved considerable benefits from its programme of phasing in pallets to replace roll cages, including:
- an increase of up to 40% in the load carried per vehicle;
- reduced product damage;
- more options for back hauling used packaging from stores and products from suppliers.
Savings in action: packaging redesign brings cost and environmental benefits
Sainsbury's redesign of the packaging of its own-brand garlic bread resulted in significant cost and other benefits. The previous packaging consisted of a white-lined cardboard carton with a plastic film. The packaging is now a single layer of polypropylene and polyester plastic film. The change resulted in:
- net savings of 160 tonnes/year of packaging;
- optimised transport due to space saved on lorry loads;
- reduced obligation under the packaging waste regulations for the supplier;
- reduced packaging waste for consumers.