A little help makes a big difference

Our motto 'every little helps' goes beyond just helping with your shopping. We’re also committed to helping customers, colleagues, communities, and the planet.

Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK

Support the Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK by donating today

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Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK. Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247).

Helping people

Looking after the welfare of our customers and colleagues

Every minute helps

After a cardiac arrest, getting help quickly is vital. That’s why we have defibrillators in over 2500 of our stores.

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Better Baskets

We all want to feel better about the food we buy, the meals we make and the packaging we use. Better Baskets is an easy way to fill your basket with better choices, every time you shop.

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Help for hidden disabilities

We offer a range of support, including sunflower lanyards and aids for people with autism

Hidden disabilities

Improving products

Offering more choice for different lifestyles and needs

Growing plant based

We've expanded our vegetarian and plant based range, as more and more of us choose to cut out meat from our diets

Plant based and vegetarian

Free from discomfort

Our award-winning Free From range gives customers on special diets the freedom to enjoy the food they love

Free From

Meat & Veg in one

Our Meat & Veg products are packed with 30% vegetables. They're flavour-packed and cook just like meat.

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Bags for Life

Shopping bags that are stronger and last longer help to reduce plastic waste. Check out our latest fun designs.

Bags for Life

Protecting the planet

We've made a lot of changes to tackle some of the world's biggest environmental challenges

Making products more mindfully

We're now making a lot of our products in a more environmentally responsible way

Made Mindfully

Our 4Rs plan

Our 4Rs stand for Remove, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. It's the foundation for our plan to cut packaging and plastic waste.

4Rs

Soft plastics recycling

Recycle your salad bags, crisp packets and more. Find our soft plastic recycling points in all our large stores.

Soft plastics recycling

Taking the bite out of food waste

5 years ago, we launched our Perfectly Imperfect 'wonky' fruit and vegetables range to help save food waste. Since then, customers have picked 50 million Perfectly Imperfect packs, saving 44,000 tonnes of fruit and veg that could have gone to waste.

Food waste

Supporting communities

We offer a helping hand to different groups experiencing diverse challenges

Support our Food Collection in-store today

If you can, please donate long-life items to help families facing hardship, and we'll add an extra 20% in cash. T&Cs apply.*

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Our charity partners

We work closely with Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK. We also support local food and anti-poverty charities.

Charities and donations

Proud to support Pride

As a longstanding supporter of Pride, Tesco is committed to raising awareness of LGBTQ+ issues and campaigns

Pride

Food redistribution

In the UK, we donate food daily to charities and community groups through our Community Food Connection scheme, in partnership with FareShare

Food redistribution

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*Donations in large stores from the Summer Food Collection between 30 June and 2 July will go to a food bank in the Trussell Trust network, or a charity or community group supplied by FareShare. The Trussell Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales (1110522), Scotland (SC044246). FareShare is a registered charity in England and Wales (1100051). Extra 20% top up given to the charities as monetary donations based on estimated value of donations.