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.

Helping people

Looking after the welfare of our customers and colleagues

Installing 'Changing Places' toilets

These are fitted with equipment such as hoists and changing benches to help people with complex disabilities

Changing Places

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

Helpful Little Swaps

We created Helpful Little Swaps to show how easy it can be to make healthier food choices

Helpful Little Swaps

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

Tesco in partnership with Loop

We're leading the way in removing unnecessary packaging with our Loop service. Trialling in a number of stores, it lets customers buy a range of branded products in reusable packaging straight off the shelf.

Loop

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

Partnering with charities

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

Charity 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 collection

We have food collection points in many of our large stores. Since our first collection in 2012, we've collected over 84 million meals.

Food collection

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

Find out more