Focus On - Sustainability

Brought to you by: Plan for Profit 9 Reduce Waste • Stock products with minimal, recyclable, or compostable packaging. • Training staff on waste management. • Digitalising paperwork and reducing receipt printing to lower paper usage - train staff to ask customers if they need a receipt before printing one. • Look at the feasibility of introducing refillable options on products, where possible, to reduce plastic usage. • Reducing the price of products nearing their use-by date in enough time to sell. • Monitoring sales levels and reducing the number of slow-selling lines. • Donating food to local charities or teaming up with a food waste app, such as Too Good to Go www.toogoodtogo.com . • Installing recycling bins outside your store for customers to dispose of their on-the-go food and drink packaging. When we talk about waste, it’s not just about food, wastage can occur in various areas of your business and can be reduced with a few simple steps. Review wastage and consider the following: