Jumbo sells peppers and cucumbers without plastic packaging

Jumbo Supermarkets has announced that they will now sell red bell peppers, cucumbers, and soon spring onions from Dutch soil without plastic packaging in their over 700 stores and on their online platform. This initiative aligns with Jumbo's commitment to environmental friendliness and sustainability.

As a family-owned business, Jumbo demonstrates its dedication to future generations by actively working to reduce environmental impact within their product chain. Key principles in this effort include minimizing material use, ensuring product quality, and reducing food waste. By reducing the number of products on the shelves and conducting additional quality checks, it becomes possible to offer these fresh products without plastic packaging, without compromising on their quality and shelf life.

Reducing and improving packaging

Jumbo aims to use twenty percent less packaging material by 2025 compared to 2020. In collaboration with supply chain partners, the supermarket chain continually seeks ways to reduce and enhance packaging. Efforts focus not just on reducing packaging material, but also on using recyclable and recycled materials, reusable packaging, and mono-material packaging. An example of this initiative is the elimination of free plastic bags for potatoes, fruits, and vegetables, which is estimated to save around 35 million plastic bags annually.

Reducing emissions

In response to climate change, Jumbo has set a goal to reduce emissions by 50% within their product chains by 2030 and aims to be completely climate neutral by 2050. These ambitions are reflected not only in reducing plastic use but also in other aspects of their operations, as detailed in their annual report. Jumbo emphasizes the importance of collaborating with suppliers to achieve these climate goals.

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