Goal

To increase the proportion of our total sales tonnage that comes from vegetables by at least 1% by 2025/26 and to report annually on our progress

FROM Commitment: Deliver healthy sustainable diets to all

Private food business / United Kingdom

Sainsbury's Supermarket Ltd.

Date made: 03 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Verification status Verified Find out more
NAF SMARTness index High Find out more
Progress status Off course See progress details
Targeted location National - United Kingdom
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Population coverage 25,000,000.0
Duration March, 2019 - March, 2026

Goal action plan

We are committed to helping all customers have a healthy and sustainable diet that is rich in a variety of fruits & vegetables. As such we will look for opportunities to increase the fruit & vegetable content of our customers baskets, and share our progress

As a pledger to the Food Foundations Peas Please initiative we commit to reporting annually on:

We aim to increase the proportion of our total sales tonnage that comes from vegetables by at least 1% by 2025/26 and to report annually on our progress

We will also report annually on the portions of vegetables sold from all own brand products including composite dishes.

We will continue to support customers to increase their vegetable consumption through initiatives that improve awareness, value and incentives. We commit to share learnings in order to build the evidence base for how to effectively increase vegetable intakes.

To help build the evidence base for what strategies are effective at increasing fruit & vegetable purchase we will also share case studies for specific initiatives trialled within the business.

Progress

Indicator

Primary indicator Percentage (%) Of The Volumetric Weight Of Vegetables Sold As A Proportion Of Total Sales
Indicator monitor Yearly monitoring and evaluation. This is publicly available online here too, in much more detail: Tracking performance of healthy and sustainable diets – Sainsbury's (sainsburys.co.uk), https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/sustainability/plan-for-better/our-stories/2021/tracking-health-progress.

Reports

Stage Measurement Date Value Status
Baseline 2019 10.2%
Progress report August 2023 10.3% Off course
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had not yet been achieved and is not expected to be achieved by the end date, but as the end date is not yet reached, it could be still be possible to reach and maintain the target level.
Target March, 2026 11.2%

Nutrition Action Classification

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

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