Packaging

We're committed to improving packaging sustainability and are working hard to reduce the environmental impact of packaging across the business.

Our commitment to better packaging

We know packaging waste is something many New Zealanders care about, and we do too. That’s why we’re working to reduce the impact packaging can have on our environment.

Our focus is on reducing unnecessary packaging, using less virgin material, improving recyclability, and supporting reusable solutions across our stores and own brand products. This includes plastic, fibre, glass, metal and mixed materials.

Packaging plays a critical role in protecting food, reducing waste and providing information to customers, so we’re focused on making sure it’s designed with reuse and New Zealand’s recycling systems in mind.

Our packaging principles

To help guide this work, we’ve developed a set of sustainable packaging principles and are encouraging suppliers to move in this direction with us.

Read about our 10 Sustainable Packaging Principles

What are we working on?

Search ‘packaging’ in our Newsroom for updates on our packaging projects and initiatives.

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Packaging