Improve store back of house process to allow for easier replenishment and one way stock. What was the issue / What initiated the project Chilled process consistency and simplicity within stores is one of our most challenging retail business issues: Late afternoon/evening availability – in store availability degraded throughout the day as sales fluctuations by day by SKU by store coul...

Britvic and Tesco came together to focus on canned drinks waste and “improve the life of a can”. The prevention of damaged waste predicted for 2012/3 is 28 tonnes. What was the issue / What initiated the project Canned drinks waste was a hot spot for Tesco. Britvic were receiving consumer complaints about can damages. They came together recognising the opportunity to reduce damages in canne...

Arla has implemented remedial solutions that will reduce waste by 2,600t/annum at their Stourton creamery. Identifying the opportunities With the support of a WRAP waste prevention project conducted in 2012-2013, Arla formed an intervention team that started the process by looking at waste at a very high level. The team created a mass balance for the site to understand all inputs and outp...

Optimum waste reduction solutions for Pot Noodles involved better handling instructions at product pick points and at depots as well as changes to shrink-wrap to deliver a 10% waste reduction. What was the issue / what initiated the project High wastage rates in the Pot Noodle category were being experienced by major supermarket chains. Pot Noodle wastage in retail was running at about 0.7...

Re-engineering its chilled distribution centre to smooth the flow of product into store to improve availability and reduce waste. What was the issue / What initiated the project ASDA’s fresh food lead time from order generation to replenishment on shelf contained inefficiency 'down time' that led to an inefficient flow of product through the chilled distribution network and onto stores. Th...

What was the issue / What initiated the project In 2008 Unilever merged its 3 core businesses of Foods, Ice Cream and Home and Personal Care and also brought the UK and Irish businesses into one multi-country organisation (M.C.O.). This gave us clear visibility of the overall business complexity in terms of range and a unique opportunity to address portfolio complexity. The fast moving SKUs i...

Brakes and Silver Spoon have reviewed damages on bulk sugar, put packaging changes in place and are confident they will reduce supply chain wastage by 10 tonnes in 2012 and 22.5 tonnes in 2013. What was the issue / What initiated the project High wastage was being experienced on all bulk (25kg, 10kg, 5kg and 3kg packs) sugar products. What we did An end to end supply chain review incl...

Brakes and RHM have reviewed damages of bulk flour through the supply chain, put changes in place and are confident they will bring damages down from 26 tonnes to 6.5 tonnes per annum. What was the issue / What initiated the project High wastage of bulk flour was being experienced in store and when picked. 1040 bags per annum or 26 tonnes were being wasted. What we did An end to end s...

Heinz and Tesco identified a waste “hotspot” and engaged with Princes. Princes introduced sacrificial nicks into the design of its multipack tomato can carton wrap and as a result are preventing 8 tonnes of waste per year. What was the issue / What initiated the project Multipack canned tomato was identified as a high waste “hotspot” during investigations undertaken by Heinz and Tesco. Can...

Asda and Silver Spoon undertook an end to end review to ascertain where and when sugar damage occurs. As a result of this analysis changes to packaging design were made and as a result the like-for-like waste saving was 75 tonnes. What was the issue / What initiated the project The main impetus for this project was the cost of sugar wastage to ASDA; the biggest ambient food wastage cost in ...